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 27 November 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.


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