Morse Mill, Missouri

Morse Mill is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. It is located about five miles northwest of Hillsboro. The community is named after John H. Morse,^[1] who settled here in 1847. Built in the early 1870s, the Morse homestead was a three-story frame house with a New Orleans-style balcony on the second floor. The house was used as a motel in the Roaring 20's, known as Morse Mill Hotel.^[2] At this hotel is where Bertha Gifford allegedly killed her first known victim. There is an abandoned mill dam on the Big River here.

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Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Missouri, United States County seat: Hillsboro Cities Arnold Byrnes Mill Crystal City De Soto Festus Herculaneum Hillsboro Kimmswick Olympian Village Pevely Villages Cedar Hill Lakes Parkdale Peaceful Village Scotsdale CDPs Barnhart Cedar Hill High Ridge Horine Imperial LaBarque Creek Murphy Unincorporated communities Dittmer Fletcher Grubville Hematite House Springs Liguori Mapaville Morse Mill Sulphur Springs Valles Mines

Coordinates: 38°16′36″N 90°39′11″W / 38.27667°N 90.65306°W / 38.27667; -90.65306