Milltown, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Milltown, Missouri
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Missouri#USA
Pushpin Label:Milltown
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Butler
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:440
Coordinates:36.7775°N -90.605°W
Area Code:573
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:751105

Milltown is an unincorporated community in western Butler County, Missouri, United States.[1] [2] Milltown is located on Hurricane Creek, approximately two miles west of its confluence with Tenmile Creek, as well as Beaverdam Creek, which is two miles northwest.[2] It lies within the Mark Twain National Forest, about ten miles west of Poplar Bluff.[3]

The village was alternately known as Kerens.[1] An early post office existed at the location with the name of Kerens. The post office was named for R.C. Kerens who was a St. Louis postmaster.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:751105,Milltown Milltown on GNIS
  2. Stringtown, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 66-67,
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071902/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_butler.html Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri