Sycamore, Missouri
Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.
Community in Missouri, U. S. A.
36°42′12″N 92°16′28″W / 36.70333°N 92.27444°W / 36.70333; -92.27444[1]Sycamore is an unincorporated community in eastern Ozark County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, United States.[2] It is located on Route 181, approximately fourteen miles northeast of Gainesville. The old townsite is located on a ridge on the west side of Bryant Creek, a major tributary of the North Fork River. The old Hodgson Mill and spring lie on Bryant Creek 0.8 mi (1.3 km) to the northeast.[1] The mill was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places as Aid-Hodgson Mill in 2001.[3]
The community was founded in 1891 and named for a grove of American sycamore trees near the original town site.[4] The community post office was originally located in Hodgson Mill in 1891. The post office was later moved to the Sycamore store and remained active until 1973.[3][5]
References
- ^ a b c Sycamore, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sycamore
- ^ a b National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Aid-Hodgson Mill, Ozark County, Missouri
- ^ "Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ Moser, Arthur Paul, A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Ozark County, Missouri
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Municipalities and communities of Ozark County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Gainesville
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