Mammoth, Missouri

Mammoth, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Mammoth, Missouri is located in Missouri
Mammoth, Missouri
Mammoth, Missouri
Coordinates: 36°32′09″N 92°24′03″W / 36.53583°N 92.40083°W / 36.53583; -92.40083
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyOzark
Elevation
669 ft (204 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code417
GNIS feature ID733841[1]

Mammoth is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. Mammoth is located along Missouri Route T, 5 miles (8.0 km) south-southeast of Gainesville. Mammoth is situated on the confluence of the Possum Walk Creek flowing into Lick Creek. The mouth of Little Creek is located 1-mile (1.6 km) northwest of Mammoth on Lick Creek.[2]

The area was known as "Lick Valley' and had a post-office established the 28th of June, 1872. The postmaster was Joseph C. Miller, a former Union private in the Ozark County Home Guard Regiment Mounted Cavalry, under the leadership of Captain Thomas B. S. Stone, Company A.

Lick Valley Post-office was discontinued the 6th of March, 1876.

The name Mammoth came into official use with the establishment of the Mammoth Post Office in 1902[3] by the local post master, William Dye. The post office at Mammoth was discontinued in 1955.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mammoth, Missouri
  2. ^ Gainesville, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
  3. ^ Post offices Ozark County
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.

Mammoth Cemetery http://files.usgwarchives.net/mo/ozark/cemeteries/mammoth.txt


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