Haseltine, Missouri

Haseltine is an unincorporated community in Greene County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community location was west of Springfield on U.S. Route 266, adjacent to Interstate 44.[2]

History

Variant names were "Dorchester" and "Hazeltine Station".[1] A post office called Dorchester was established in 1881, and remained in operation until 1904.[3] The community has the name of the local Hazeltine family.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Haseltine
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. "Greene County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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