Communities West Plains

Howell Creek, inside West Plains, is the headwaters of the Spring River. Howell Creek joins Warm Fork, which flows into the Spring River at Thayer, Missouri and Mammoth Springs, Arkansas.

The largest city within a 100-mile radius, West Plains is the“Heart of the Ozarks,” and the hub of south central Missouri.

West Plains School District includes the elementary, middle and high school within the city of West Plains and six elementary schools in Howell County: Richards, Fairview, Glenwood, Howell Valley, Junction Hill and South Fork.

The Eyewitness to History series contains interviews with Preacher Roe, Robert Neathery, Bill Virdon and other elders of West Plains.