Zadock 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
Stoddard County, in the
U.S. state
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of
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 ...
. The community lies north of the
Castor River, approximately seven miles north of
Bloomfield, in the Township of
Pike
Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to:
Fish
* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus''
* Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes
* ''Esox'', genus of ...
. It is elevated at 427 feet and is located in the Central Time Zone.
History
A post office called Zadock was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1916. The namesake of Zadock is uncertain.
References
Unincorporated communities in Stoddard County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
1891 establishments in Missouri
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