Hurdland, MO

Hurdland is a city in Knox County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 155 residents. The community was named after John Hurd, the original owner of the town site. The Hurdland Fourth of July celebration is the oldest annual Independence Day celebration in northeast Missouri, and one of the oldest in the state as a whole. The first was held in 1873. Children of school age attend the Knox County R-1 schools in Edina. The through line in Hurdland is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Hurdland makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today.