Hazleton is an extinct town in Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. The village is on the bank of the Big Piney River within the Mark Twain National Forest.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54,
A post office called Hazleton was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1944. The community has the name of J. Hazleton, proprietor of a local mill.
Notable person Mel Stottlemyre, a pitcher and later a pitching coach for the New York Yankees. He won 164 games for them as a pitcher from 1964 to 1974, with three 20-win seasons, and was born in Hazleton.
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