Powersite, Missouri

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Powersite is an unincorporated community in Taney County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located across Lake Taneycomo from Forsyth on the southeast end of Powersite Dam. [2] The community is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Taney County, Missouri County in the United States

Taney County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 51,675. Its county seat is Forsyth. It is included in the Branson, Missouri, Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Missouri State of the United States of America

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City. The state is the 21st-most extensive in area. Missouri is bordered by eight states : Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south, and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west. In the South are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center of the state into the Mississippi River, which makes up Missouri's eastern border.

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Powersite Dam

A post office called Powersite has been in operation since 1913. [3] The community most likely took its name from nearby Powersite Dam. [4]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Powersite, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. "Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

Coordinates: 36°39′20″N93°07′17″W / 36.65556°N 93.12139°W / 36.65556; -93.12139

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