Fanning, Missouri

Fanning, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Crawford

Fanning is an unincorporated community in western Crawford County, Missouri, United States.[1] It lies along former U.S. Route 66, now Missouri Supplemental Route ZZ, four miles southwest of Cuba.[2] Fanning is also home to the world's second largest rocking chair, located outside of the Fanning 66 Outpost.[3]

World's Largest Rocking Chair

A post office called Fanning was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1953.[4] Fanning is named for John Fanning (1821-1906), originally of Limerick, Ireland.[5] John Fanning was the founding railway section foreman beginning in the mid-19th century when the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) was first built through the region.[5] His home, which still stands in Fanning, was for many decades the railway station, church, post office, and social center of the community.[5]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fanning, Missouri
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme 1st ed., 1998, p. 47 ISBN 0899332242
3. [1] Fanning Route 66 Outpost website
4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
5. [2] Pioneer Days on The Frisco Sixty-four Years Ago. The Frisco Employees Magazine. September 1928. Vol 12 No 5 page 6

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