Northview, Missouri

Northview, Missouri
Community
Location of Northview, Missouri
Northview, Missouri

Location of Northview, Missouri

Coordinates: 37°17′12″N 92°59′48″W / 37.28667°N 92.99667°W / 37.28667; -92.99667Coordinates: 37°17′12″N 92°59′48″W / 37.28667°N 92.99667°W / 37.28667; -92.99667[1]
Country U. S. A.
State Missouri
County Webster County
Elevation[1] 439 m (1,440 ft)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)

Northview is an unincorporated community in Webster County, Missouri, United States. It is located 6.0 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Marshfield on Missouri Supplemental Route B 1.1 miles (1.8 km) south of Interstate 44. Its post office has closed and mail is now at Marshfield.

Northview has distinction as one of Missouri's few communities to be "unincorporated," an action that occurred in 1909. In the city's census of 1900, the town's population was officially counted at 213. Several old buildings still stand in Northview's former business district, located near the railroad tracks.

Northview is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The oilman, rancher, and philanthropist Joseph Sterling Bridwell of Wichita Falls, Texas, was born in Northview in 1885.[2] Major League Baseball All-Star outfielder and World Series champion Ival Goodman also was born in Northview.

References

  1. 1 2 Marshfield, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
  2. ↑ "Jack O. Loftin, "Joseph Sterling Bridwell"". Texas State Historical Association online. Retrieved April 30, 2013.


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