Sunset, Missouri

Sunset is a rural unincorporated community in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Missouri, located southeast of the county seat in Bolivar.[1]

Location of Sunset on 2011 USGS map, Cedar Vista Quadrangle.

History

A post office called Sunset was established in 1888, and remained in operation until 1900.[2] The name Sunset most likely is a transfer from another American place of the same name.[3]

According to Place Names in Southwest Counties of Missouri (1930), "Sunet was the fanciful name given to a little store and post office about forty years ago. It was probably named from one of the seven other Sunsets in the United States."[4]

Sunset Bridge, which crosses the Pomme de Terre River, was the first "iron" bridge in Polk County, with its first iteration constructed in 1885.[5] The current Sunset Bridge span was protected by a bank stabilization project in 2016.[6] Since 2001 the bridge has been decorated with artwork and kept free of graffiti by students from Halfway High School.[7]

The Sunset Park Access is a popular park to access the river for boating and fishing and has a boat ramp. The river is considered a good place for novice canoeists.[8]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sunset, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  3. "Polk County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  4. Myers, Robert Lee. Place names in the southwest counties of Missouri, p. (1930)
  5. Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO, Library of Congress
  6. Way, Jill (30 November 2016). Voice of dissent:Sunset Bridge and road projects completed amidst differing opinions, Bolivar MO News
  7. Maull, Jessica Franklin (26 May 2017). A living masterpiece, Bolivar Herald-Free Press
  8. (24 August 2006). Remote park welcomes river visitors, Springfield News-Leader, p. 26

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