Mott, Missouri

{{Short description|Extinct town in the American state of Missouri}}

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Mott is an extinct town in southern Howell County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.{{GNIS|735146|name=Mott (historical)}} The community was located on Missouri Route 17, approximately ten miles south of West Plains.Lanton, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983

A post office called Mott was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1911.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Howell | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=10 October 2016}} The community was named after Martha "Aunt Mott" Briscoe, a local educator.{{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}}