House Springs is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located just off Route 30, at the intersection with Routes MM and W near Byrnes Mill.
A post office has been in operation at House Springs since 1833.[2] The community is named after Adam House, who settled there ca. 1795, and who was killed near a spring by Native Americans.[3]
The Valentine Leight General Store and Moder Archeological District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: House Springs, Missouri
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 181.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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