Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States
High Point is an
unincorporated community in southern
Moniteau County ,
Missouri , United States.
[1] It is located ten miles south of
California , approximately one mile west of
Route 87 on
Missouri Route C .
[2]
History
The first settlement at High Point was made in the 1830s.
[3] A post office called High Point was established in 1852, and remained in operation until 1973.
[4] The community was so named on account of its lofty elevation.
[5]
The
High Point Historic District was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
[6]
Notable people
References
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: High Point, Missouri
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 37,
ISBN
0-89933-224-2
^
"Moniteau County Place Names, 1928–1945" . The State Historical Society of Missouri.
Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016 .
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"Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 10, 2016 .
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917).
How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.
333 .
^
"National Register Information System" .
National Register of Historic Places .
National Park Service . July 9, 2010.
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"Washington Governor Louis Folwell Hart" . National Governors Association. Retrieved October 10, 2012 .
^
"Jack Tising" . BaseballReference.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013 .
38°29′04″N 92°35′27″W / 38.48444°N 92.59083°W / 38.48444; -92.59083