Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri
Witty is an
unincorporated community in
Douglas County , in the
Ozarks of southern
Missouri .
[1] The community is located adjacent to
Little Beaver Creek along
Missouri Route DD and is approximately 0.75 mi (1.21 km) east of the Douglas -
Christian county line.
[2]
[3]
History
A post office called Witty was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1926.
[4] An early postmaster named Witty gave the community his name.
[5]
References
^
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Witty, Missouri
^ Bradleyville Missouri 15 Minute Topographic Quad, USGS, 1937
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer , DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62-63,
ISBN
0-89933-224-2
^
"Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 29, 2016 .
^
"Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)" . The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from
the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016 .
36°51′21″N 92°53′38″W / 36.85583°N 92.89389°W / 36.85583; -92.89389