Arden is an
unincorporated community in western
Douglas County,
Missouri, United States.
Arden is located on a ridge along
Missouri Route O
A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in addit ...
between
Missouri Route 14 to the north and the community of
Red Bank to the south. The community is on a ridge of
Keyger Mountain
Keyger Mountain is an irregular mountain ridge in Douglas and Christian counties in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.
The ridgeline extends from just east of Keltner in Christian County''Keltner, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2 ...
at an elevation of .
[
]
History
A post office called Arden was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1924. The community's name alludes to the Forest of Arden, the setting of William Shakespeare's ''As You Like It
''As You Like It'' is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has b ...
''.
References
Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Missouri
1886 establishments in Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
{{DouglasCountyMO-geo-stub