Howards Ridge, Missouri

Howards Ridge is an unincorporated community in southeastern Ozark County in the southern Missouri Ozarks.[1] It is located seven miles southeast of Gainesville and 2.15 miles north of the Arkansas border. It is located 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 US Post Office from 1905 to 1978.[3] The community has the name of the Howard family which settled a nearby ridge.[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Howards Ridge
  2. Udall Quadrangle, Missouri–Ozark County, 7.5 minute quad., USGS, 1968
  3. Post Offices in Ozark County, MO
  4. "Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.

Coordinates: 36°31′44″N 92°19′56″W / 36.52889°N 92.33222°W / 36.52889; -92.33222


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