Kissee Mills, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Kissee Mills, Missouri
Settlement Type:Census-Designated Place
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Taney
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:24.18
Area Land Km2:22.78
Area Water Km2:1.40
Area Total Sq Mi:9.34
Area Land Sq Mi:8.80
Area Water Sq Mi:0.54
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:1023
Population Density Km2:44.90
Population Density Sq Mi:116.30
Elevation Ft:945
Coordinates:36.6694°N -93.0472°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:65680[2]
Area Code:417
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-39080
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2587084

Kissee Mills (pronounced "Kiz-zē' Mills") is a census-designated place in Taney County, Missouri, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 160, approximately five miles east of Forsyth.[3] Kissee Mills is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

A post office called Kissee Mills has been in operation since 1871.[4] The community has the name of A. C. Kissee, the proprietor of a local mill.[5]

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 5, 2022.
  2. Web site: Kissee Mills MO ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2023. June 16, 2023.
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62,
  4. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 27 December 2016.
  5. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1918 . 367.