Official Name: | Mammoth, Missouri |
Pushpin Map: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Ozark |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 669 |
Coordinates: | 36.5358°N -92.4008°W |
Area Code: | 417 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 733841 |
Mammoth is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. Mammoth is located along Missouri Route T, 5miles south-southeast of Gainesville. Mammoth is situated on the confluence of the Possum Walk Creek flowing into Lick Creek. The mouth of Little Creek is located 1miles northwest of Mammoth on Lick Creek.[1]
The area was known as "Lick Valley' and had a post-office established the 28th of June, 1872. The postmaster was Joseph C. Miller, a former Union private in the Ozark County Home Guard Regiment Mounted Cavalry, under the leadership of Captain Thomas B. S. Stone, Company A.
Lick Valley Post-office was discontinued the 6th of March, 1876.
The name Mammoth came into official use with the establishment of the Mammoth Post Office in 1902[2] by the local post master, William Dye. The post office at Mammoth was discontinued in 1955.[3]
Mammoth Cemeteryhttp://files.usgwarchives.net/mo/ozark/cemeteries/mammoth.txt