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==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>