Pontiac,_Missouri

Pontiac, Missouri

Pontiac, Missouri

Census-designated place in the American state of Missouri

Pontiac is a census-designated place in southern Ozark County, Missouri, United States.[3] It lies six miles south of Isabella and 18.5 miles southwest of Gainesville,[4] on the northeast shore of Bull Shoals Lake.

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A post office called Pontiac has been in operation since 1887.[5] The community was named in honor of the Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac, perhaps via Pontiac, Michigan.[6]

The town is on a ridge above the lake at an elevation of about 820 feet. The lake has a normal surface elevation of 654 feet.[1] The town consists of a post office, a marina and campgrounds on the lake, a restaurant, and a church. Pontiac is accessed via Missouri Route W from Missouri Route 5 south of Gainesville.[7]

Sunrise on Highway W In Pontiac, Missouri

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References

  1. [1]
    Isabella, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2004
  2. [2]
    "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  3. [3]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pontiac Census Designated Place
  4. [4]
    Moser, Paul, A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Ozark County, Missouri
  5. [5]
    "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  6. [6]
    Ozark County Place Names, 1928-1945, The State Historical Society of Missouri
  7. [7]
    Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  8. [8]
    "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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