Unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Missouri
Hart is an
unincorporated community in northwest
McDonald County , in the
U.S. state of
Missouri .
[1] The community is located along
Missouri Route 43 , north of
Tiff City and less than one-half mile east of the Missouri -
Oklahoma border.
[2]
History
A post office called Hart was established in 1883, and remained in operation until 1911.
[3] Phillip Rinehart, an early postmaster, most likely gave the community a syllable of his last name.
[4] An older source maintains the community has the name of W. B. Hart, a pioneer citizen.
[5]
References
^
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hart, McDonald County, Missouri
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60,
ISBN
0-89933-224-2
^
"Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 3, 2016 .
^
"McDonald County Place Names, 1928–1945" . The State Historical Society of Missouri.
Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916).
How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.
190 .
36°44′14″N 94°36′21″W / 36.73722°N 94.60583°W / 36.73722; -94.60583