Chadwick is an unincorporated community in eastern Christian County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately six miles southeast of Sparta along Missouri Route 125. The community of Oldfield is approximately three miles to the north along Route 125.[2] It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its ZIP code is 65629.

Chadwick is located in the hills of the Ozarks along the south edge of the Springfield Plateau. It sits on a ridge between the East Fork of Bull Creek to the west and Swan Creek to the east.[2]

History

A post office has been in operation at Chadwick since 1883.[3] The town had its start that year when a subsidiary of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco) laid rails from Ozark, Missouri into Chadwick.[4] The community was named for an official of the Frisco.[5] But passenger service on the Frisco line was discontinued in March 1933,[6] and in 1934 the line from Ozark to Chadwick was abandoned entirely.[7]

Recreation

The Chadwick Motorcycle & ATV Use Area of the Mark Twain National Forest, just to the southwest of town, offers nearly 80 miles of multi-use bike trails which wind in and out of deep, forested hollows and down long ridge tops.[8]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chadwick, Missouri
  2. ^ a b Chadwick, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2004
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  4. ^ "Christian County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 275.
  6. ^ "Pokin Around: Plans call for part of Chadwick Flyer spur line to become recreational trail". Steve Pokin, Springfield News-Leader, April 4, 2020.
  7. ^ "An Early Mobile Photographic Studio" (PDF). All Aboard, The Frisco Railroad Museum, August, 1988 (accessed on CondrenRails.com). Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  8. ^ "Chadwick Motorcycle and ATV Use Area". United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Retrieved October 15, 2020.

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