Merritt is an unincorporated community in southwestern Douglas County, Missouri, United States. It is located west of Goodhope on Missouri Route T in the Little Beaver Creek valley, as well as south-east of Springfield, Missouri.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63-64,
The Merritt store no longer exists, however, the Old Merritt store is still present approximately 1.25 miles west on Route T.Keltner, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
History A post office called Merritt was established in 1903, and remained in operation until 1930. William Merrit, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.
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