Black is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in northern Reynolds County,

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, United States. It is located on Route 49 on the Middle Fork of the Black River, approximately six miles north-northeast of Centerville and southwest of

Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park is a public recreation area covering on the Black River (Arkansas), East Fork Black River in Reynolds County, Missouri. The state park is jointly administered with adjoining Taum Sauk Mountain State Park, and toget ...

History

A post office called Black has been in operation since 1883. The community has the name of George Black, an early settler. The Buford–Carty Farmstead was listed on the

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in 2004.

Education

Lesterville R-IV School District operates the Lesterville Ranch Campus at Black. Black has a

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, a branch of the Reynolds County Library District.

References

Unincorporated communities in Reynolds County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{ReynoldsCountyMO-geo-stub