House Springs, Missouri

House Springs is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. It is located just off Route 30 at the intersection with Routes MM and W near Byrnes Mill.

The community is named after Adam House, who settled there ca. 1795, and who was killed near a spring by Native Americans.^[1]

References

↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 181.

Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Hillsboro

Cities	Arnold Byrnes Mill Crystal City De Soto Festus Herculaneum Hillsboro Kimmswick Olympian Village Pevely

Villages	Cedar Hill Lakes Lake Tekakwitha Parkdale Peaceful Village Scotsdale

CDPs	Barnhart Cedar Hill High Ridge Horine Imperial LaBarque Creek Murphy

Unincorporated communities	Dittmer Fletcher Grubville Hematite House Springs Liguori Mapaville Morse Mill Sulphur Springs Valles Mines

Coordinates: 38°24′32″N 90°34′12″W / 38.40889°N 90.57000°W / 38.40889; -90.57000

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