Wood Hill, Missouri

Wood Hill is an unincorporated community in Dallas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is located on Missouri Route 64, approximately 1.5 miles east of Pumpkin Center and Missouri Route 73. Buffalo is seven miles south-southwest. The headwaters of the Little Niangua River arise just east of the location.[2]

History

A post office called Woodhill was established in 1872, and remained in operation until 1906.[3] The community was named for the nearby landscape.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wood Hill, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  4. "Dallas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.

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