Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri
Hickory Barren is an unincorporated community in northern Greene County , in the U.S. state of Missouri .[1] The community is on Missouri Route H , two miles north of Fellows Lake . Fair Grove is approximately four miles to the northeast.[2]
History
A post office called Hickory Barren was established in 1846, and remained in operation until 1906.[3] The community was named for a grove of hickory trees near the open, or "barren", town site.[4]
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hickory Barren, Missouri
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
^ "Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 3, 2016 .
^ "Greene County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)" . The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016 .((cite web ))
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