Zanoni, Missouri Explained

Zanoni, Missouri
Native Name Lang:EN
Settlement Type:Community
Pushpin Map:Missouri#USA
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of Zanoni, Missouri
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Zanoni, Missouri
Coordinates:36.6861°N -92.3319°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:U. S. A.
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Ozark County
Elevation M:220
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CST
Utc Offset1:-6
Timezone1 Dst:CDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:65784[1]
Area Code:417

Zanoni is an unincorporated community located in Ozark County, Missouri, United States on Route 181, approximately ten miles northeast of Gainesville. A watermill (doubling as a bed and breakfast) and a post office are all that remain of the community. The community was founded in 1898 and was named for the novel Zanoni by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.[2] The mill was built in 1905 as an overshot wheel mill by "Doc" Morrison and restored by his grandson.[3] The mill is located where the Zanoni Spring arises from openings in the Roubidoux Formation, an Ordovician unit of mixed sandstone and dolomite. The spring discharges at the base of a ridge above Pine Creek, a tributary of Caney Creek which discharges into Bryant Creek just above its intersection with North Fork River and Norfork Lake.[4] The discharge of the spring is or 500000gal per day.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zanoni ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2022. November 11, 2022.
  2. http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_ozark.html Ozark County Place Names, 1928-1945, State Historical Society of Missouri
  3. Rafferty, M. D., The Ozarks, Land and Life, University of Arkansas Press, 2nd ed, 2001, p. 281
  4. Sycamore, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
  5. http://www.watersheds.org/earth/springs.htm Major Springs of the Bryant Watershed