Owls Bend, Missouri

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Owls Bend is an unincorporated community in eastern Shannon County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, United States. [1] The community is located adjacent to the Current River, northeast of the Missouri Route 106 crossing and the Powder Mill Creek campground. [2]

History

A post office called Owls Bend was established in 1923, and remained in operation until 1955. [3] The community was so named on account of the abundance of owls at a nearby meander on the Current River. [4]

The community includes Owl's Bend Site, a Native American archaeological site placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Owls Bend, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 55, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Shannon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ "MISSOURI - Shannon County". nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. Retrieved December 25, 2016.

37°11′04″N91°11′14″W / 37.18444°N 91.18722°W / 37.18444; -91.18722

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