Northview, Missouri

{{Short description|Community in Missouri, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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| name = Northview, Missouri

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| settlement_type = Community

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| coordinates_footnotes = Marshfield, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982

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| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Webster County

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Northview is an unincorporated community in Webster County, Missouri, United States. It is located {{convert|6.0|mi}} southwest of Marshfield on Missouri Supplemental Route B, {{convert|1.1|mi}} south of Interstate 44. Northview is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Northview was originally called "Bunker Hill", and was platted under that name in 1870.{{cite web | url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_webster.html | title=Webster County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | accessdate=January 2, 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071608/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_webster.html | archivedate=June 24, 2016 | url-status=live}} A post office called Bunker was established in 1873, the name was changed to Northview in 1873, and the post office closed in 1973.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Webster | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=1 January 2017}} The present name is inspired from scenic northerly views from the elevated town site.

Notable people

The oilman, rancher, and philanthropist Joseph Sterling Bridwell of Wichita Falls, Texas, was born in Northview in 1885.{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbrdd|title=Jack O. Loftin, "Joseph Sterling Bridwell"|publisher=Texas State Historical Association online|accessdate=April 30, 2013}} Major League Baseball All-Star outfielder and World Series champion Ival Goodman also was born in Northview.

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