Arditta, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri}}

Arditta is an unincorporated community in southwest Howell County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, United States.{{GNIS|713376}} Arditta is located on U.S. Route 160 between Egypt Grove and Caulfield. It is approximately twelve miles southwest of West Plains.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64, {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}

History

A post office called Arditta was established in 1904, and remained in operation until 1934.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Howell | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=8 October 2016}} The origin of the name "Arditta" is unknown.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_howell.html |title=Howell County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=10 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071834/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_howell.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}

In 1925, Arditta had 14 inhabitants.{{cite book | author=Rand McNally and Company | title=Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions | publisher=Rand McNally & Company | year=1925 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA259 | access-date=2023-02-19 | page=259}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Howell County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri