Locust, Missouri

Locust is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States.[1] The community is located on South Fork Bratten Spring Creek, approximately one mile east of a northeast arm of Bull Shoals Lake. Access is via a county road south from U.S. Route 160, southwest of Gainesville.[2]

History

A post office called Locust was established in 1911, and remained in operation until 1940.[3] The community was named for a grove of locusts near the original town site.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Locust, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.

36°33′49″N 92°32′33″W / 36.56361°N 92.54250°W / 36.56361; -92.54250


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