Heatonville, Missouri
unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States
Heatonville is a small unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States. It lies along former U.S. Route 66 (Route 96), approximately six miles (10 km) north-east of Mount Vernon.
A post office called Heaton was established in 1872, the name was changed to Heatonville in 1888, and the post office closed in 1891. The community was named after Daniel Heaton, the original owner of the town site.
The public source identifies “Heatonville, Missouri” as unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Heatonville, Missouri and unincorporated.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q376345. Authority coordinates are 37.188, -93.799. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1872, 1888 and 1891.
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This entry incorporates text from “Heatonville, Missouri” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.