Howards Ridge, Missouri
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Howards Ridge is an unincorporated community in southeastern Ozark County in the southern Missouri Ozarks, United States.[1] It is located seven miles southeast of Gainesville and 2.15 miles north of the Arkansas border, at the intersection of Ozark County routes J and T. The community is at an elevation of 880 feet and lies two and a half miles west of Norfork Lake.[2]
Howards Ridge was served by a U.S. Post Office from 1905 to 1978.[3] The community has the name of the Howard family which settled a nearby ridge.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Howards Ridge
- ^ Udall Quadrangle, Missouri–Ozark County, 7.5 minute quad., USGS, 1968
- ^ "Post Offices in Ozark County, MO". Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
- ^ "Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
36°31′44″N 92°19′56″W / 36.52889°N 92.33222°W
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