Milltown, Missouri

Milltown is an unincorporated community in western Butler County, Missouri.[1][2] Milltown is located on Hurricane Creek about two miles west of its confluence with Tenmile Creek.[2] It is within the Mark Twain National Forest about ten miles west of Poplar Bluff.[3]

The village was alternately known as Kerens.[1] An early post office existed at the location with the name of Kerens. The post office was named for R.C. Kerens who was a St. Louis postmaster.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Milltown on GNIS
  2. 1 2 Stringtown, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 66-67, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri

Coordinates: 36°46′39″N 90°36′18″W / 36.77750°N 90.60500°W / 36.77750; -90.60500


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