Isabella, Missouri Explained

Isabella, Missouri
Native Name Lang:EN
Settlement Type:Community
Pushpin Map:Missouri#USA
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of Isabella, Missouri
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Isabella, Missouri
Coordinates:36.5808°N -92.6128°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1] [2]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:U. S. A.
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Ozark County
Elevation M:292
Timezone1:CST
Utc Offset1:-6
Timezone1 Dst:CDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-5
Postal Code:65676

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:750470,Isabella Geographic Names Information System GNIS
  2. Isabella, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2004
  3. Ava, Missouri, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quad, USGS, 2002
  4. http://www.missouripostalhistory.org/data/County/Ozark.htm Ozark County Post Offices
  5. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 27 November 2016.
  6. Web site: Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071830/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_ozark.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 27, 2016.