Hazelgreen, Missouri
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Hazelgreen is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in eastern Laclede County,
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, United States. It lies along historic
U.S. Route 66 U.S. Route 66 or U.S. Highway 66 (US 66 or Route 66) is one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System. It was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. The high ...
, now an outer road of
Interstate 44 Interstate 44 (I-44) is an Interstate Highway in the central United States. Although it is nominally an east–west road as it is even-numbered, it follows a more southwest–northeast alignment. Its western terminus is in Wichita Falls, T ...
. The town is split by I-44, one mile west of the I-44 -
Missouri Route 133 Route 133 is a highway in central Missouri. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 63 near Westphalia; its southern terminus is at Interstate 44 Interstate 44 (I-44) is an Interstate Highway in the central United States. Although it ...
junction in adjacent Pulaski County. The
Gasconade River The Gasconade River is about longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 and is located in central and south-central Missouri. The Gasconade River begins in the O ...
is just north and west of the site. A post office was established at Hazelgreen in 1858, and remained in operation until 1958. The community was named for the
hazel Hazels are plants of the genus ''Corylus'' of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family, Betulaceae,Germplasmgobills Information Network''Corylus''Rushforth, K ...
bushes near the original town site.


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Unincorporated communities in Laclede County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{LacledeCountyMO-geo-stub