Monett

Monett, city, Barry and Lawrence counties, southwestern Missouri, U.S., in the Ozark Mountains, southeast of Joplin. Settled about 1837 and known first as Billing, then as Plymouth, it was renamed Monett in 1888 for an official of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco) Company. The city developed as a railroad junction and trading centre for the surrounding berry- and tomato-growing area. The contemporary economy is still largely based on agriculture, and it is the site...