Wasola Missouri Map

About Wasola, Missouri

Wasola is a locality in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 115. The population density is 8.4 people per km². Wasola is located at 36.7782°N, 92.5675°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 65773.

Wasola occupies a modest stretch of the Missouri landscape where the terrain begins to rise into the rugged, limestone-streaked topography typical of the Ozarks. It lies 37.1 miles east-northeast of Branson, MO (from Branson, MO: bearing 74°T), and is situated 11.9 miles south-southeast of Ava. Turkey Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the immediate vicinity, its waters reflecting the canopy of the nearby Mark Twain National Forest, which stands as a silent sentinel just a mile from the center of the settlement. To the west, the distant profile of Graham Knob breaks the horizon, while the terrain dips into the quiet, shadowed depths of Smith Hollow, where the air often holds a lingering, cool dampness long after the sun has climbed above the ridge. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, casting long, violet shadows across the fields that make the earth seem older and more deliberate than the hurried pace of the modern world would suggest.

Wasola traces its character to the settlers who recognized the utility of the creek and the fertility of the surrounding soil, establishing a life tethered to the cycles of agriculture and timber. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the land, supported by the proximity of the Mark Twain National Forest and the enduring rhythms of rural enterprise. While the larger expanse of Bull Shoals Lake waits twelve miles away, the daily existence in Wasola remains grounded in the immediate, terrestrial concerns of the hills and the seasonal shifts that dictate the labor of the residents. There is a plain-spoken resilience in the way the local architecture clings to the slopes, a testament to a history of self-reliance where the community has always looked toward its own resources rather than the fleeting promises of the outside world.

About This Wasola Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wasola, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.778227, -92.567454. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Wasola includes the ZIP code (65773), telephone area code (417), county seat of Ozark County (Gainesville), and school district assignment (Ava R-I School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.