Scholten, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.}}

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

Scholten is an unincorporated community in northeast Barry County, Missouri, United States,{{gnis|726111}} located approximately {{convert|16|mi}} northeast of Cassville. Scholten is located on Missouri Route D one mile north of Wheelerville and Missouri Route 248.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed, 1998, p. 61 {{isbn|0899332242}} Its elevation is {{convert|1378|ft}}.

A post office called Scholten was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1919.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=30 August 2016}} The community has the name of the local Scholten family.{{cite web| url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_barry.html| title=Barry County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate=30 August 2016| url-status=bot: unknown| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071806/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_barry.html| archivedate=24 June 2016}}