Hattie is an extinct town in southeast Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.[1] The community is on the South Prong Jacks Fork, south of Missouri Route Y, and two miles north of the county line.[2]
A post office called Hattie was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1957.[3][4] The community has the name of Hattie Cross, the wife of an early settler, John P Cross who acquired the land through the U.S. Homestead Act with his father William Cross. Upon John P's death in 1930, his wife, Gladys Cross (Parker/Fehr) assumed the role as post mistress for Hattie and continued to serve as post mistress for the outlying area around the homestead through two more marriages (Parker/Fehr).[5] Both she and her husband John P. Cross operated the post office from their small bedroom on the Hattie homestead. The homestead survived until the late 60's when Gladys passed.[6] Her children, relocated throughout Iowa and Kansas City.[7][8]
