Sycamore, Missouri
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]
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Sycamore, Missouri | |
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Community | |
![]() The old Sycamore store building on the north side of Route 181 | |
![]() ![]() Sycamore, Missouri Location of Sycamore, Missouri | |
Coordinates: 36°42′12″N 92°16′28″W[1] | |
Country | U. S. A. |
State | Missouri |
County | Ozark County |
Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
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
- Sycamore, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sycamore
- 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