Hitt, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.

Hitt is an unincorporated community in northwest Scotland County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

The community is on Missouri Route B eight miles northwest of Memphis. The Missouri-Iowa border is 2.3 miles north of the community.[2]

History

A variant name was "Billupsville".[1] A post office called Billiopsville was established in 1859, the name was changed to Hitt in 1860, and the post office closed in 1914.[3] The present name honors Robert R. Hitt, an Illinois legislator.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hitt
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 16, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  4. ^ "Scotland County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
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