West Finley Township, Christian County, Missouri

Elk Valley is a valley in Christian County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri.The headwater area of the valley and associated intermittent stream is located at 36°57′01″N 93°10′48″W and the confluence with Finley Creek is at 37°00′19″N 93°16′26″W. The confluence is at an elevation of 1,070 ft (330 m).The source area for the valley stream lies about one mile northwest of the community of Christian Center and on the south edge of the Springfield Plateau. The stream flows northwest, crossing under U.S. Route 65 midway between Selmore and Ozark. The stream continues and passes under and parallels Missouri Route F reaching its confluence with Finley Creek about one mile northeast of Riverdale.Elk Valley was named for the fact the valley was a hunting ground of elk by pioneers. The elk were hunted out in the 1880s. Lead and zinc mines produced ore up until the 1920s. One mine in Ozark was reported to have produces as much as 180 tons of lead ore in or around 1904. The mines are still in the valley; some have shafts of 100 feet or more. There are at least seven mines in the Elk Valley area.

Selmore is an unincorporated community in Christian County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

The Ozark Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Ozark, Christian County, Missouri. It encompasses 19 contributing buildings in a 5.3-acre (2.1 ha) area in the central business district of Ozark. The central feature of the district, the Christian County Courthouse, is a three-story, Classical Revival style brick building designed by architect Henry H. Hohenschild. Other notable buildings include the Bank of Ozark/Masonic Lodge (1897), First Baptist Church (1919), Methodist Episcopal Church (1914), Robertson Brothers’ Store (1882), Ozark Drug (1905), Works Progress Administration Community Building (1934), Hospital (c. 1945), and Christian County Bank (c. 1886, 1910 façade).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

East Finley Township is a township in central Christian County, Missouri. The organization date and origin of the name of East Finley Township is unknown.

Ozark is a city in and the county seat of Christian County, Missouri. Its population was 21,284 as of the 2020 census. Ozark is also the third largest city in the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Area, and is centered along a business loop of U.S. Route 65, where it intersects with Missouri Route 14.

Garden Grove Township is a township in central Christian County, Missouri. The organization date and origin of the name of Garden Grove Township is unknown.

Riverdale is an unincorporated community in western Christian County in southern Missouri, United States. The community lies on Finley Creek, approximately four miles southwest of Ozark and two miles east of the Christian - Stone county line. U.S. Route 160 is about one-half mile southwest of the site. The Finley is dammed at Riverdale.

Cassidy Township is a township in northern Christian County, Missouri. The organization date and origin of the name of Cassidy Township is unknown, but there was a settlement located here named Cassidy with a post office established in 1884, which was apparently named after a railroad official.

Christian County is located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 88,842. Its county seat is Ozark. The county was organized in 1859 and is named after Christian County, Kentucky, which in turn is named for William Christian, a Kentucky soldier of the American Revolutionary War. Christian County is part of the Springfield, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Between 2000 and 2010, it was the fastest-growing county in the state and one of the fastest growing ones in the nation as the county became more suburban due to the booming growth in Springfield.

Air Park South (FAA LID: 2K2) was a public use airport in Christian County, Missouri, United States. It was located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Ozark, Missouri, and 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9 mi) south of Springfield, Missouri. It was owned by the City of Springfield.In 2001, using federal and state grants, the Springfield-Branson National Airport Board purchased the airport from the City of Ozark, with the intention to use it for general aviation. In 2009, the City of Springfield authorized the airport board to sell the airport, due to the inability to purchase additional land to extend the runway.The airport was listed in FAA records through 2011, but it had been noted as closed indefinitely since 2006.

U.S. Baseball Park (formerly known as Price Cutter Park) is a baseball park in Christian County, Missouri. It is located off U.S. Route 65 just north of Ozark, Missouri, and south of Missouri's third-largest city, Springfield.

KSPW (96.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to Sparta, Missouri, United States, it serves Springfield, Missouri. The station is owned by SummitMedia.