Hornet, Missouri

Hornet is an unincorporated community in western Newton County, Missouri, United States. It is located about six miles southwest of Joplin less than a mile west of Route 43. A church and a few houses are located there. West of Hornet is the locally famous Hornet Spooklight, which is a few miles west at the Oklahoma state line.

The community is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Municipalities and communities of Newton County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Neosho

Cities	Diamond Fairview Granby Joplin‡ Neosho Seneca

Villages	Cliff Village Dennis Acres Grand Falls Plaza Leawood Loma Linda Newtonia Redings Mill Ritchey Shoal Creek Drive Shoal Creek Estates Silver Creek Saginaw Stark City Stella Wentworth

Unincorporated communities	Hornet Monark Springs Racine Spring City Tipton Ford Wanda

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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