Mentor, Missouri

Mentor is an unincorporated community in southern Greene County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is located southeast of Springfield, south of U.S. Route 60, west of Missouri Route NN and one mile north of the Greene-Christian county line.[2]

History

The first settlement at Mentor was made in the 1880s.[3] A post office called Mentor was in operation from 1896 until 1906.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mentor, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "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)
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 3 October 2016.


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