Historic New Haven

Historical marker location:

202 Main Street, New Haven, Missouri

( Marker is on Main Street west of Cottonwood, on the right when traveling west. Reported damaged.)

Mark Twain, one of America's most beloved authors, was born in Florida, Missouri, in 1835. He later moved to Hannibal, Missouri, where he set many of his famous stories, including "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".