| Official Name: | Fanning, Missouri |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Crawford |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
Fanning is an unincorporated community in western Crawford County, Missouri, United States. It lies along former U.S. Route 66, now Missouri Supplemental Route ZZ, four miles southwest of Cuba.[1] Fanning is also home to the world's second largest rocking chair, located outside of the Fanning 66 Outpost.[2]
A post office called Fanning was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1953.[3] Fanning is named for John Fanning (1821-1906), originally of Limerick, Ireland.[4] John Fanning was the founding railway section foreman beginning in the mid-19th century when the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) was first built through the region.[4] His home, which still stands in Fanning, was for many decades the railway station, church, post office, and social center of the community.[4]