Tecumseh 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 eastern
Ozark County in southern
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...
, United States. It is located on the
North Fork River at the north end of
Norfork Lake
Norfork Dam impounds the North Fork River in the U.S. state of Arkansas, creating Norfork Lake. The large reservoir is maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and spans Baxter County, Arkansas, Fulton County, Arkansas and Ozar ...
, approximately ten miles east of
Gainesville and 32 miles west of
West Plains on
U.S. Highway 160.
[''Udall Quadrangle, Missouri–Ozark County,'' 7.5 Minute Series, USGS, 1968] Tecumseh has a post office with ZIP code 65760.
A post office called Tecumseh has been in operation since 1898. The community was named after
Tecumseh
Tecumseh ( ; (March 9, 1768October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the Territorial evolution of the United States, expansion of the United States onto Native Americans in the United States, Native American ...
, a
Shawnee
The Shawnee ( ) are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands. Their language, Shawnee, is an Algonquian language.
Their precontact homeland was likely centered in southern Ohio. In the 17th century, they dispersed through Ohi ...
Indian chief.
References
External links
Post office at Tecumseh
Unincorporated communities in Ozark County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
Tecumseh
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