Sunset is a rural unincorporated community in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Missouri, located southeast of the county seat in Bolivar. [1]
Sunset is a rural unincorporated community in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Missouri, located southeast of the county seat in Bolivar. [1]
A post office called Sunset was established in 1888, and remained in operation until 1900. [2] The name Sunset most likely is a transfer from another American place of the same name. [3]
According to Place Names in Southwest Counties of Missouri (1930), "Sunet was the fanciful name given to a little store and post office about forty years ago. It was probably named from one of the seven other Sunsets in the United States." [4]
Sunset Bridge, which crosses the Pomme de Terre River, was the first "iron" bridge in Polk County, with its first iteration constructed in 1885. [5] The current Sunset Bridge span was protected by a bank stabilization project in 2016. [6] Since 2001 the bridge has been decorated with artwork and kept free of graffiti by students from Halfway High School. [7]
The Sunset Park Access is a popular park to access the river for boating and fishing and has a boat ramp. The river is considered a good place for novice canoeists. [8]
Polk County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,519. Its county seat is Bolivar. The county was organized January 5, 1835, and named for Ezekiel Polk.
Hickory County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,279. Its county seat is Hermitage. The county was organized February 14, 1845, and named after President Andrew Jackson, whose nickname was "Old Hickory." The Pomme de Terre Dam, a Corps of Engineers facility, is located three miles south of Hermitage and forms Lake Pomme de Terre by damming the Pomme de Terre River and Lindley Creek. Truman Reservoir, also a Corps of Engineers facility, floods the Pomme de Terre Reservoir from the northern border of the county southward to the city limits of Hermitage.
Buffalo is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,290 at the 2020 census.
Red Top is an unincorporated community in Webster County, Missouri, United States. It is located just south of I-44 on former U.S. Route 66. It is two miles northwest of Northview or six miles southwest of Marshfield, and six miles northeast of Strafford. The Pomme de Terre River flows past approximately one mile to the northeast.
The Pomme de Terre River is a 130-mile-long (210 km) tributary of the Osage River in southwestern Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
U.S. Route 54 in Missouri is a west-east highway that starts from the Kansas state line in Nevada to the Illinois state line in Louisiana.
Lindley Creek is a stream in Dallas, Hickory and Polk counties the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Pomme de Terre River.
Adonis is an unincorporated community in northern Polk County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Burns is an unincorporated community in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Deer Creek is a stream in Polk County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. It is a tributary of the Pomme de Terre River.
Dry Fork is a stream in Polk County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Pomme de Terre River.
Hominy Creek is a stream in Dallas and Polk counties in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. It is a tributary of the Pomme de Terre River.
Karlin is an unincorporated community in central Polk County, in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri, United States.
McKinney Branch is a stream in Polk County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Pomme de Terre River.
Mohawk Corner is an unincorporated community in northeast Polk County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is at the intersection of Missouri Routes 64 and D. Pittsburg and the Pomme de Terre Lake area is five miles to the north on Route 64 in Hickory County. Polk is two miles to the south on Route D.
Possum Creek is a small stream in northern Polk County, Missouri, United States. Its source coordinates are 37°48′00″N93°18′02″W, and its confluence coordinates are 37°48′01″N93°21′58″W.
Piper Creek is a stream in Polk County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. It is a tributary of the Pomme de Terre River.
Sentinel is an unincorporated community in northern Polk County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Stinking Creek is a stream in northern Polk County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Pomme de Terre River. The stream headwaters are along Missouri Route D between Polk and Huron. The stream flows north-northwest and enters the southern end of Pomme de Terre Lake just west of Adonis.
Montgomery Township is an inactive township in Hickory County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It was named after Judge Joseph C. Montgomery.
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