Hillhouse Hollow

Hillhouse Hollow is a stream valley in northeastern Wright County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.[1]

The source area for the intermittent stream in the valley is at 37°21′49″N 92°28′25″W / 37.36361°N 92.47361°W / 37.36361; -92.47361 and the confluence with the Gasconade River is at 37°25′21″N 92°24′10″W / 37.42250°N 92.40278°W / 37.42250; -92.40278Coordinates: 37°25′21″N 92°24′10″W / 37.42250°N 92.40278°W / 37.42250; -92.40278.[1] The stream source area is just east of Missouri Route Z and it flows northeast past the community of St. George and passing under Missouri Route H to its confluence with the Gasconade adjacent to Missouri Route T.[2]

Hillhouse Hollow (or Hill House Hollow) was so named due to the "hill houses" located above it in pioneer days.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hillhouse Hollow
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Wright County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.


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