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]
Walnut Shade is the site of the Branson Cross, the largest cross monument in North America.[9][10]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Developers begin work on cross along U.S. 65 in Branson, Mo". August 6, 2018.
- ^ "Pokin Around: The largest cross in North America stands so tall it needs FAA light beacons".