Monterey is an unincorporated community in northern Reynolds County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on

Missouri Route MM 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 additio ...

just east of Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park.

Shut-in Creek Shut-in Creek is a stream in Iron and Reynolds Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Imboden Fork. The stream headwaters arise in Iron County within the Bell Mountain Wilderness at at an elevation of about . The stream flow ...

flows past the community.

History

A post office called Monterey was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1957. The community most likely takes its name from

Monterey, California Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under bo ...

, perhaps via the Battle of Monterey.

References

Unincorporated communities in Reynolds County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{ReynoldsCountyMO-geo-stub