Isabella, Missouri

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Isabella, Missouri
Location of Isabella, Missouri
Coordinates: 36°34′51″N92°36′46″W / 36.58083°N 92.61278°W / 36.58083; -92.61278 [1] [2]
CountryU. S. A.
State Missouri
County Ozark County
Elevation
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292 m (958 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

Isabella is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately thirteen miles west of Gainesville and two miles east of Theodosia and Bull Shoals Lake along U.S. Highway 160. [3] Isabella has a post office with the ZIP code 65676. [4]

A post office called Isabella has been in operation since 1856. [5] An early postmaster gave the community the name of his daughter, Isabella Brattin. [6]

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References

  1. Geographic Names Information System GNIS
  2. 1 2 Isabella, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2004
  3. Ava, Missouri, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quad, USGS, 2002
  4. Ozark County Post Offices
  5. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  6. "Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.