House Springs, Missouri

House Springs is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.^[1] It is located just off Route 30 at the intersection with Routes MM and W near Byrnes Mill.

A post office has been in operation at House Springs since 1833.^[2] The community is named after Adam House, who settled there ca. 1795, and who was killed near a spring by Native Americans.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: House Springs, Missouri
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 181.

Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Hillsboro

Cities	Arnold Byrnes Mill Crystal City De Soto Festus Herculaneum Hillsboro Kimmswick Olympian Village Pevely

Villages	Cedar Hill Lakes Lake Tekakwitha Parkdale Peaceful Village Scotsdale

Townships	Arnold Big River Central High Ridge Imperial Joachim Meramec Plattin River View Rock Valle Windsor

CDPs	Barnhart Cedar Hill High Ridge Horine Imperial LaBarque Creek Murphy

Unincorporated communities	Antonia Bailey Belews Creek Bushburg Danby Dittmer Donnell Fletcher Flucom Frumet Goldman Grubville Hematite House Springs Jarvis Knorpp Liguori Local Ludwig Mapaville Melzo Morse Mill Papin Riverside Seckman Selma Sulphur Springs Valles Mines Victoria Vineland Ware

Coordinates: 38°24′32″N 90°34′12″W / 38.40889°N 90.57000°W / 38.40889; -90.57000

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