Ozark Beach, Missouri
Ozark Beach is an unincorporated community in Taney County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.[1] The site is on the shoreline of Lake Taneycomo, approximately one mile west (upstream) of Powersite Dam.[2]
History
Ozark's founding in 1912 coincided with the inundation of the nearby artificial lake.[3] A post office called Ozark Beach was established in 1919, and remained in operation until 1959.[4]
gollark: <@319753218592866315> You know how you told me to do something relating to Macron? There was an accident with the [REDACTED] ideatic space nullifiers, so Macron is now antimemetic and/or Hitler.
gollark: Time to Macron [DATA EXPUNGED] resulting in 12 casualties!
gollark: I work for Macron too, remember?
gollark: [EXPUNGEMENT REDACTED]
gollark: Well, I *programmed* the original RPNCalcs.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ozark Beach, Missouri
- Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- "Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
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