Sycamore, Missouri Explained

Sycamore, Missouri
Native Name Lang:EN
Settlement Type:Community
Pushpin Map:Missouri#USA
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of Sycamore, Missouri
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Sycamore, Missouri
Coordinates:36.7033°N -92.2744°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:U. S. A.
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Ozark County
Elevation M:250
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CST
Utc Offset1:-6
Timezone1 Dst:CDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-5

Sycamore is an unincorporated community in eastern Ozark County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, United States. 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 0.8miles to the northeast.[1] The mill was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places as Aid-Hodgson Mill in 2001.

The community was founded in 1891 and named for a grove of American sycamore trees near the original town site.[2] 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] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Sycamore, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
  2. Web site: Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071830/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_ozark.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 27, 2016.
  3. http://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/02000015.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Aid-Hodgson Mill, Ozark County, Missouri
  4. http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/ozarkpl.html Moser, Arthur Paul, A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Ozark County, Missouri