Jump to content

Milltown, Missouri

Coordinates: 36°46′39″N 90°36′18″W / 36.77750°N 90.60500°W / 36.77750; -90.60500
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Milltown, Missouri
Milltown is located in Missouri
Milltown
Milltown
Milltown is located in the United States
Milltown
Milltown
Coordinates: 36°46′39″N 90°36′18″W / 36.77750°N 90.60500°W / 36.77750; -90.60500
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyButler
Elevation
440 ft (130 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code573
GNIS feature ID751105[1]

Milltown is an unincorporated community in western Butler County, Missouri, United States.[1][2] Milltown is located on Hurricane Creek, approximately two miles west of its confluence with Tenmile Creek, as well as Beaverdam Creek, which is two miles northwest.[2] It lies within the Mark Twain National Forest, about ten miles west of Poplar Bluff.[3]

The village was alternately known as Kerens.[1] An early post office existed at the location with the name of Kerens. The post office was named for R.C. Kerens who was a St. Louis postmaster.[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c Milltown on GNIS
  2. ^ a b Stringtown, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
  3. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 66-67, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. ^ Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri