New Point, Missouri
New Point is an unincorporated community in eastern Holt County, Missouri, United States.[1]
History
[edit]The community had its plat filed in 1861[2] and was originally named Grant, but the named switched to New Point (also stylized Newpoint)[3] in 1875.[4] The New Point post office shut down in 1980.[5] At one point, both Grant and New Point were separte recognized communities.[6]
New Point's most famous citizen is football Hall of Famer Roger Wehrli, born in 1947.
Geography
[edit]New Point is located where Nichols Creek intersects Missouri Route B. It is just two miles west of the Nodaway River which is also the Andrew County border. It is located approximately five miles northeast of Oregon, six miles northwest of Fillmore, and about ten miles south of Maitland.
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Point
- ^ Derr, Eileen (1981). Gone home: Directory of the deceased and items of history of Holt County, Missouri, 1837-1981. Holt County Missouri Historical Society.
- ^ "Standard atlas of Holt County, Missouri, 1898". Chicago, Ill: Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
- ^ "Holt County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
- ^ Cram, George Frankling. "New railroad and county map of Missouri, 1882". David Rumsey Map Collection. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
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