Pontiac, Missouri

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Pontiac, Missouri
Census-designated place
Location of Pontiac, Missouri
Location of Pontiac, Missouri
Pontiac, Missouri
Location of Pontiac, Missouri
Coordinates: 36°30′56″N 92°36′14″W / 36.51556°N 92.60389°W / 36.51556; -92.60389Coordinates: 36°30′56″N 92°36′14″W / 36.51556°N 92.60389°W / 36.51556; -92.60389[1]
CountryU. S. A.
StateMissouri
CountyOzark County
Elevation
[1]
251 m (823 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip Code
65729

Pontiac is a census-designated place in southern Ozark County, Missouri, United States.[2] It lies six miles south of Isabella and 18.5 miles southwest of Gainesville,[3] on the northeast shore of Bull Shoals Lake.

A post office called Pontiac has been in operation since 1887.[4] The community was named in honor of the Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac, perhaps via Pontiac, Michigan.[5]

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.[6]

Sunrise on Highway W In Pontiac, Missouri

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Isabella, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2004
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pontiac Census Designated Place
  3. ^ Moser, Paul, A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Ozark County, Missouri
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  5. ^ Ozark County Place Names, 1928-1945, The State Historical Society of Missouri
  6. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64, ISBN 0-89933-224-2


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