Mount Hope, Missouri

Mount Hope (also spelled (Mounthope) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

The community is located on Missouri Route 47 approximately six miles southeast of Saint Clair and the community of Lonedell is 2.5 miles to the east-northeast.[2]

History

A post office called Mounthope was established in 1903, and remained in operation until 1909.[3] The community was named after a nearby mine of the same name.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Hope, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.48 ISBN 0899332242
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  4. "Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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