Sagrada, Missouri

Sagrada is an unincorporated community in Camden County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is located in the far northwestern corner of the county, in Adair Township, just south of the Lake of the Ozarks.[1][2][3]

History

A post office called Sagrada was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1933.[4][5] The source of the name Sagrada is obscure.[6]

Before completion of the Lake of the Ozarks in 1931, an Osage River crossing north of the post office was known as Sagrada Bridge, a swinging bridge built around 1908. On the north shore of the lake today (in Benton County) is a lake development known as Sagrada Beach.[7]

One perhaps over-extensive list of communities flooded by the building of the lake (such as Linn Creek) includes Sagrada. However, while land along the river was inundated and the bridge had to be removed, the rural community was not flooded out of existence.[8]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sagrada, Missouri
  2. Plat Book of Camden County, Missouri (1930)
  3. Missouri. Bureau of Labor Statistics Surplus Products of Missouri Counties, p. 316 (1909) (Sagrada included on list of "cities, towns and villages" in Camden County)
  4. Missouri State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1893-1894, p. 836-37 (1893)
  5. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  6. "Camden County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. Sagrada Bridge, Bridgehunter.com, Retrieved 28 September 2020
  8. Gillespie, Michael (1 November 2011). The myth of the Lake’s sunken town sites, Lake Expo


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