Rocky Comfort, Missouri

Rocky Comfort is an unincorporated community in northeastern McDonald County, Missouri, United States, on Route 76. It is very near the point where McDonald, Newton, and Barry Counties meet.^[1] Several homes and a post office are located here. It is part of the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community is mentioned in Dennis Murphy's poem of 1941, The Doomed Race, and is both title and setting for Wayne Holmes' 2009 memoir, Rocky Comfort. From 1902 to 1908, when it moved to nearby Fairview, Missouri, the Horner Institute, a private school offering courses from the eighth grade through high school, was located in Rocky Comfort.

Notable Residents:

Terrence Dake - General USMC Ret. - Asst commandant of the Marine Corps

Travis Howard Phelps - Pitcher - Major League Baseball

Leo (Bart) Love - Pitcher - New York State Softball Hall of Fame - inducted 1990

Municipalities and communities of McDonald County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Pineville

Cities	Anderson Goodman Lanagan Noel Pineville Southwest City

Villages	Ginger Blue Jane

Unincorporated communities	Caverna Hart Jacket Longview Powell Rocky Comfort Tiff City

References

↑ http://ims.er.usgs.gov/gda_services/download?item_id=5587462&quad=Rocky%20Comfort&state=MO&grid=7.5X7.5&series=TNM%20GeoPDF

Coordinates: 36°44′47″N 94°05′26″W / 36.74639°N 94.09056°W / 36.74639; -94.09056

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