Hurricane Ridge, Missouri

Hurricane Ridge is an unincorporated community in New Madrid County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

The community is on Missouri Route E approximately two miles north of Dodds. Little River flows past about 1.5 miles to the east.[2]

History

The community once had a church.[3] The community was named for a tornado which struck the area circa 1900.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hurricane Ridge, Missouri
  2. New Madrid, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hurricane Ridge Church (historical)
  4. "New Madrid County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.

36°38′03″N 89°39′51″W


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