Hudson is an

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in eastern Bates County, in the U.S. state of

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. The community is on a county road just north of Missouri Route 52. The southwest corner of Henry County is one mile to the northeast of the community. Butler is approximately 13 miles to the west-northwest.

History

Hudson was

plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...

ted in 1867, and named after Henry Hudson. The Hudson post office closed in 1890.

References

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