Hart is an unincorporated community in northwest McDonald County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located along Missouri Route 43, north of Tiff City and less than one-half mile east of the Missouri - Oklahoma border.
History
A post office called Hart was established in 1883, and remained in operation until 1911. Phillip Rinehart, an early postmaster, most likely gave the community a syllable of his last name. An older source maintains the community has the name of W. B. Hart, a pioneer citizen.
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.
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36°44′14″N 94°36′21″W / 36.73722°N 94.60583°W / 36.73722; -94.60583
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