Mill Spring, MO

Mill Spring is a village in Wayne County, Missouri, United States, along the Black River. The 2020 census counted 159 residents. Mill Spring was laid out in 1871. The community took its name from a nearby spring of the same name which once powered lumber mills. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Mill Spring, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Mill Spring, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. Mill Spring is located in a tributary valley on the northeast edge of the Black River floodplain. The community of Leeper is approximately one mile to the northwest along Missouri Route 49.