Vanzant is an
unincorporated community
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in northeastern
Douglas County,
Missouri
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, United States. It is located on
Route 95 at the intersection with state route W, approximately one mile south of
Route 76 and thirteen miles south of
Mountain Grove.
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is about three miles south on Route 95. Vanzant post office was established in 1892 and was assigned a zip code of 65768. The community was named after an early settler.Bryant Creek
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, Fox Creek to the west and Brush Creek to the east. The Vanzant community church is located to the north at the intersection of Routes 95 and 76 and the Vanzant cemetery is about one half mile to the southeast on route W. The community is within the northwest corner of a section of the Mark Twain National Forest
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References
Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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