Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.
Panther Valley is an unincorporated community in southwest Webster County , in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri .[1] The community is located on Missouri Route KK and on the south side of Panther Creek . It is approximately four miles northwest of Fordland .[2] [3]
History
A post office called Panther Valley was established in 1856, and remained in operation until 1888.[4] The community was named after the nearby valley of Panther Creek .[5]
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Panther Valley, Missouri
^ Oak Grove Heights 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1970
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
^ "Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 1, 2017 .
^ "Webster County Place Names, 1928–1945" . The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017 .
37°11′20″N 93°01′04″W / 37.18889°N 93.01778°W / 37.18889; -93.01778