Hendrickson, Missouri

Overview

• Location: Butler County, Missouri
• Legal status: Unincorporated
• Founded: 1873 by the St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad
• Name origin: Nathan Hendrickson
• Previously known as: Reeve's Station

Geography

• Located at the junction of US 67 and Route O
• Latitude: 36°54'16" N   (+36.9044)
• Longitude: 90°28'08" W   (-90.4689)
• Elevation: 371 feet above sea level
• Public Land Survey: T. 26 N., R. 26 N., Sec. 13
• Civil township: Black River

As the crow flies, Hendrickson is...

• 2.4 miles SE of Keeners
• 2.8 miles NW of Wilby
• 6.2 miles NW of Hilliard
• 6.4 miles SE of Williamsville
• 6.5 miles NW of Lockloma
• 7.9 miles N of Loma Linda
• 7.9 miles W of Hamtown
• 9.4 miles S of Holliday Landing
• 9.5 miles N of Green Forest
• 9.5 miles N of Cedar Valley
• 58.0 miles SW of Cape Girardeau
• 119.9 miles S of St. Louis

History

Name origin

Named for Nathan Hendrickson, local landowner

Timeline

1859

Reeve's Mill settled and post office opened about a mile west of modern-day Hendrickson

Nov. 19, 1864

Civil war skirmish at Reeve's Mill destroyed the mill

1873

Hendrickson founded by Iron Mountain railroad

1875

Post office moved from Reeve's Mill to Hendrickson