Buckhorn is a community in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is on Route 17 just south of its junction with Interstate 44 It is also on historic U.S. Route 66. The community is within the Mark Twain National Forest and the northwest corner of Fort Leonard Wood is three miles to the east. Waynesville is six miles to the northeast along Route 44 and Laquey is two miles to the southwest off of Route 17. [2]
The community was so named on account of the image of a buckhorn on a local tavern sign. [3]
The Decker Cave Archeological Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [4]
Pulaski County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,955. Its county seat is Waynesville. The county was organized in 1833 and named for Kazimierz Pułaski, a Polish patriot who died fighting in the American Revolution.
St. Robert or Saint Robert is a city in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,192 at the 2020 census. It is a gateway community to the United States Army installation at Fort Leonard Wood.
Richland is a city in Camden, Laclede, and Pulaski counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 1,863 at the 2010 census.
Devils Elbow is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States on historic U.S. Highway 66. It is situated on the Big Piney River and is named for a tight incised meander in the river known as a "devil of an elbow". The community is approximately five miles (8 km) east of St. Robert.
Hazelgreen is an unincorporated community in eastern Laclede County, Missouri, United States. It lies along historic U.S. Route 66, now an outer road of Interstate 44. The town is split by I-44, one mile west of the I-44 - Missouri Route 133 junction in adjacent Pulaski County. The Gasconade River is just north and west of the site.
Plato is an incorporated village in northwestern Texas County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately 20 miles northwest of Houston and 10 miles south of Fort Leonard Wood on Route 32. The population was 82 at the 2020 census.
Laquey is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States. It has Zip Code: 65534 and Area Code: 573.
Swedeborg is an unincorporated community in northwestern Pulaski County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately five miles northeast of Richland on Route 133.
High Point is an unincorporated community in southern Moniteau County, Missouri, United States. It is located ten miles south of California, approximately one mile west of Route 87 on Missouri Route C.
Fort Leonard Wood is a U.S. Army training installation located in the Missouri Ozarks. The main gate is located on the southern boundary of The City of St. Robert. The post was created in December 1940 and named in honor of General Leonard Wood in January 1941. Originally intended to train infantry troops, in 1941 it became an engineer training post with the creation of the Engineer Replacement Training Center. During World War II Italian and German POWs were interned at the fort. In 1984, as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process, most of the U.S. Army Engineer School's operations were consolidated at Fort Leonard Wood. Before that, officer training was conducted at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Cookville is an extinct town in southwestern Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. The town site is along Roubidoux Creek within the southern part of Fort Leonard Wood. The community of Greenview is located two miles to the west on Missouri Route 17 along the western boundary of the military reservation and adjacent to the Pulaski-Laclede county line.
Marys Home is an unincorporated community in northern Miller County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on Missouri Route H, approximately two miles north of the Osage River. The town of Eugene in the southwest corner of Cole County is about four miles to the northwest, by Route H and Missouri Route 17.
Bear Creek is a stream in Laclede and Pulaski counties the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Gasconade River.
Brownfield is an unincorporated community in northeastern Laclede County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located just over one mile southeast of the Laclede-Pulaski county line and one mile east of Missouri Route K. It is within the Mark Twain National Forest and the Gasconade River lies just one mile to the east.
Buckhorn is an unincorporated community in southeastern Madison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Tavern Creek is a stream in Miller and Pulaski counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Osage River. The stream headwaters are at 37°54′42″N92°22′19″W and the confluence with the Osage is at 38°19′04″N92°17′24″W.
Spring Creek is an extinct town in Phelps County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. The community is on the southwest side of the confluence of Spring Creek and the Big Piney River. The site is on the Phelps-Pulaski county line. The Wayman/Pillman cemetery is west of the county line in Pulaski County. The boundary of Fort Leonard Wood is two miles to the west, along Missouri Route J, which passes through the community.
Hanna is a former community in southwestern Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Palace is an unincorporated community in southern Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located on Missouri Route AW, just southeast of the Fort Leonard Wood boundary. The community of Evening Shade lies approximately three miles south on Route AW in Texas County.
Ladd is an unincorporated community in northwestern Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
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