Mentor, Missouri Explained

Mentor is an unincorporated community in southern Greene County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located southeast of Springfield, south of U.S. Route 60, west of Missouri Route NN and one mile north of the Greene-Christian county line.^[1]

History

The first settlement at Mentor was made in the 1880s.^[2] A post office called Mentor was in operation from 1896 until 1906.^[3]

References

37.1061°N -93.1992°W

Notes and References

1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52,
2. Web site: Greene County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 3 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071559/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_greene.html . 24 June 2016 .
3. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 3 October 2016.