Walnut Shade is an unincorporated community in Taney County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located approximately six miles northwest of Forsyth on U.S. Route 160. The town sits at the confluence of Bull and Bear Creeks. [2] [3] Walnut Shade is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area. The ZIP Code for Walnut Shade is 65771. [4]
A post office called Walnut Shade has been in operation since 1860. [5] The community once had Walnut Shade Schoolhouse, now defunct. [6] The name "Walnut Shade" is commendatory. [7]
Bonniebrook Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [8]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Walnut Shade
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ Branson, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1989
- ^ "Walnut Shade ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Walnut Shade School (historical)
- ^ "Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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