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]
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]
37°33′04″N 93°18′28″W / 37.55111°N 93.30778°W
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]
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]
37°33′04″N 93°18′28″W / 37.55111°N 93.30778°W