Ash Hill is an
unincorporated community in eastern
Butler County, in the
U.S. state of
Missouri. The community is located on
Missouri Route 51 ten miles east of
Poplar Bluff and just over one mile west of
Fisk and the
St. Francis River
The St. Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. The river drains a mostly rural area and forms part of the Missouri-Arkansas state line along the ...
which forms the Butler-
Stoddard county line. The
Missouri Pacific Railway passes through the community.
[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, First edition, 1998, p. 67 ]
History
A post office called Ash Hill was established in 1861, and remained in operation until 1894. The community was named for ash trees on the summits near the town site.
References
Unincorporated communities in Butler County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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