Mammoth, Missouri
| Mammoth, Missouri | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
  Mammoth, Missouri | |
| Coordinates: 36°32′09″N 92°24′03″W / 36.53583°N 92.40083°WCoordinates: 36°32′09″N 92°24′03″W / 36.53583°N 92.40083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Ozark |
| Elevation | 669 ft (204 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 417 |
| GNIS feature ID | 733841[1] |
Mammoth is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. Mammoth is located along Supplemental Route T 5 miles (8.0 km) south-southeast of Gainesville. Mammoth is situated on the confluence of the Possum Walk Creek flowing into Lick Creek. The mouth of Little Creek is located 1-mile (1.6 km) northwest of Mammoth on Lick Creek.[2]
The area was known as "Lick Valley' and had a post-office established the 28th of June, 1872. The postmaster was Joseph C. Miller, a former Union private in the Ozark County Home Guard Regiment Mounted Cavalry, under the leadership of Captain Thomas B. S. Stone, Company A.
Lick Valley Post-office was discontinued the 6th of March, 1876.
The name Mammoth came into official use with the establishment of the Mammoth Post Office in 1902[3] by the local post master, William Dye.
Mammoth Postmasters / Term Began - From the National Archives Microfilm Publications
William L. Dye / 1 Aug., 1903
George B. Dye / 5 Jan., 1906
William L. Dye / 11 Jun., 1911
Deward Henson / 22 Jun., 1929
Jack Walrath / 5 Oct., 1930
Myrtle R. Walrath / 31 Oct., 1930 Comment: Resigned / 4 Clerk
Vernie Pleasant / 9 May, 1944 Comment: Voluntary Resigned
Ike R. Robbins / 31 Jul., 1944 Comment: 2nd Resignation
Ike R. Robbins / 16 Nov., 1944 - 31 Jan., 1945
Post Office Discontinued by 23 Dec., 1955 / Mail routed through Gainesville, Missouri, Post Office starting 30 Nov, 1955.
Mammoth once had its own blacksmith shop, school, grist mill, two general stores, two churches, and a post office. Today, a church, Mammoth Assembly of God, Mammoth Cemetery, and several homes are located there.
The Mammoth Cemetery was formally known as the Miller Cemetery and located in the center of the community near the general mercantile store and post office. This area has always been marked by the flooding of the Lick, Little, and Possum Walk creeks. In the early 1900s, the area experience an overwhelming flood which devastated the cemetery located in the valley. In its wake, graves were disturbed and opened. Local men repaired the coffins and moved all gravesites to a hillside nearby.
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mammoth, Missouri
- ↑ Gainsville, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
- ↑ Post offices Ozark County
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Mammoth Cemetery http://files.usgwarchives.net/mo/ozark/cemeteries/mammoth.txt