Knob Lick, Missouri

Knob Lick is an unincorporated community in southern Saint Francois County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Missouri Route DD, just east of U.S. Route 67, approximately eight miles south of Farmington.

View from Knob Lick Mountain

Knob Lick has a post office with zip code 63651,[2] which has been in operation since 1870.[3] The community takes its name from nearby Knob Lick Mountain. In the Ozarks, knob typically refers to an isolated summit, and lick is a natural "salt lick" or salt spring.[4][5] The mountain is across U.S. Route 67 from the town at 37.6645°N 90.3859°W / 37.6645; -90.3859. Eighty 80 acres (32 ha) of the summit are protected by the Missouri Department of Conservation. A gravel road leads to the conservation area which includes a granite glade, picnic facilities, and a closed fire lookout tower.[6]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Knob Lick, Missouri
  2. "ZIP code search". US Postal Service. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  4. "St. Francois County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  5. Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 358.
  6. "Knob Lick Towersite". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved 2020-02-22.


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