A post office has been in operation at House Springs since 1833.[2] The community is named after Adam House, who settled there ca. 1795, and who was killed near a spring by Native Americans.[3]
Our Lady Queen of Peace School of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis was established circa 1967. Enrollment was around 200 in the beginning of the 2000s. By 2018-2019 it was down to 57, and by 2019-2020 it was down to 46. In the last several years each teacher had to cover two grade levels.[6]