House Springs is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Missouri

Jefferson County is a county located in East Central Missouri in the United States. The county was included as the mean center of U.S. population in 1980. It is the sixth most-populous county in Missouri. Census 2010 put the population at 218,733 Its county seat is Hillsboro. The county was...

, Missouri

Missouri

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, United States

United States

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. It is located just off Route 30 at the intersection with Routes MM and W near Byrnes Mill

Byrnes Mill, Missouri

Byrnes Mill is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,910 at the 2008 estimated census. It was 2,376 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Byrnes Mill is located at ....

. The community is named after Adam House, who settled here ca. 1796, and for the two large springs here. In the late 1700s Adam House was killed by Osage Indians due to a dispute over stolen horses. Two of Adam's children did escape; his wife had died the year before of illness. However the law found House's head stuck on a post having arrived too late from St. Louis to aid the family. House's cabin was built near the spring about a mile from the Big River. Historical House Springs is located on Main Street located off MM.