Hog Hollow

Coordinates: 36°51′44″N 91°29′36″W / 36.8622782°N 91.4934720°W / 36.8622782; -91.4934720
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Hog Hollow is a valley in Oregon County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

Hog Hollow was so named on account of the abundance of hogs in the valley.[2]

In popular culture[edit]

In The Dresden Files, Ebenezar McCoy, a farmer and wizard from Hog Hollow, takes on Harry Dresden as an apprentice after Dresden's trial by the White Council.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hog Hollow
  2. ^ "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  3. ^ Butcher, Jim (September 3, 2002). Summer Knight. Roc. p. 371. ISBN 978-0451458926.

36°51′44″N 91°29′36″W / 36.8622782°N 91.4934720°W / 36.8622782; -91.4934720