Lake Spring, Missouri Explained

Lake Spring
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Missouri
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Dent County
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5

Lake Spring is an unincorporated community in northwest Dent County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately 12miles southeast of Rolla on Route 72.

A post office called Lake Spring has been in operation since 1856.[1] The community was named after a nearby pool of water fed by a spring.[2] The Hyer Woods Conservation Area[3] composes approximately in the Lake Spring community.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 27 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Dent County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 27 September 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071627/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dent.html . 24 June 2016 .
  3. Web site: Hyer Woods CA. MDC Discover Nature. en. 2019-06-19.