Hines Landing is an unincorporated community in Cape Girardeau County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

The community has the name of the local Hines family.[2] Morton J. Hines was authorized to operate a ferry on the Mississippi River at this point in the 1860s.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hines Landing, Missouri
  2. ^ "Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Missouri (1861). Acts of the ... General Assembly of the State of Missouri. Isaac N. Henry. p. 551.

37°33′28″N 89°31′35″W / 37.55778°N 89.52639°W / 37.55778; -89.52639


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