Smallett, Missouri

Smallett is an unincorporated community in southern Douglas County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately nine miles south of Ava and is located on Missouri Supplemental Route A. It previously had its own post office from 1888-1967[3] with ZIP code 65750, but mail is now served by the post office in Ava. Some say Smallett was named for its first postmaster, James Small,[4] while others believe the name honors another early settler.[5]

Smallett, Missouri
Community
Location of Smallett, Missouri
Location of Smallett, Missouri
Smallett, Missouri
Location of Smallett, Missouri
Coordinates: 36°50′58″N 92°42′56″W[1]
CountryU. S. A.
StateMissouri
CountyDouglas County
Elevation
[2]
330 m (1,070 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip Code
65750 (historical)
GNIS feature ID758446[2]

Smallett lies on the South Spring Creek about three miles north of the Douglas–Ozark county line. The village sits on the south bank of South Spring Creek at an elevation of 1,056 feet (322 m). The lookout tower five miles east at Squires sits at an elevation of 1,517 ft (462 m). The Haden Bald area of the Mark Twain National Forest due south in Ozark County rises to an elevation of around 1,460 ft (450 m).[1]

References
  1. Smallett, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2004
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Smallett, Missouri
  3. Post Offices in Douglas County, MO
  4. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 165.
  5. "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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