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Though the workers who were the reason for Doolittle's existence mostly departed after the completion of the fort, the town maintained itself over time, profiting from its proximity to U.S. Route 66 and then its replacement, Interstate 44. A few attractions and service industries from those days are still visited on occasion by tourists retracing the old U.S. 66 route.<ref>https://www.theroute-66.com/doolittle.html</ref>
Though the workers who were the reason for Doolittle's existence mostly departed after the completion of the fort, the town maintained itself over time, profiting from its proximity to U.S. Route 66 and then its replacement, Interstate 44. A few attractions and service industries from those days are still visited on occasion by tourists retracing the old U.S. 66 route.<ref>https://www.theroute-66.com/doolittle.html</ref>
==Geography==
Doolittle is located mostly along the south side of Interstate 44, about seven miles west of Rolla and immediately north of the city of Newburg. Old U.S. Route 66 (Eisenhower Street within Doolittle) parallels the interstate just to the south; it is intersected by State Route T (Truman Street) in the downtown section. The city's official coordinates are 37°56’33”N 91°53’28”W.
The city lies on the northern edge of a rugged ridge that separates it from Newburg and Little Piney Creek just to the south, with the Gasconade River a few miles to the west. It has a total area of 2.68 square miles, and an average elevation of 955 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
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