Hattie, Missouri

Hattie is an extinct town in southeast Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.[1] The community is on the South Prong Jacks Fork, south of Missouri Route Y, and two miles north of the county line.[2]

A post office called Hattie was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1957.[3][4] The community has the name of Hattie Cross, the wife of an early settler, John P Cross who acquired the land through the U.S. Homestead Act with his father William Cross. Upon John P's death in 1930, his wife, Gladys Cross (Parker/Fehr) assumed the role as post mistress for Hattie and continued to serve as post mistress for the outlying area around the homestead through two more marriages (Parker/Fehr).[5] Both she and her husband John P. Cross operated the post office from their small bedroom on the Hattie homestead. The homestead survived until the late 60's when Gladys passed.[6] Her children, relocated throughout Iowa and Kansas City.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hattie
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ US, Appointments of US Post Masters 1832-1971
  6. ↑ Social Security Death Index
  7. ↑ living relative
  8. ↑ "U.S. Senate: The Civil War: The Senate's Story". www.senate.gov. Retrieved January 29, 2026.

37°04′47″N 91°46′25″W / 37.07972°N 91.77361°W / 37.07972; -91.77361

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