Zora, Missouri

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Zora or Old Zora is an unincorporated community in eastern Benton County, Missouri, United States. Zora is located on the Big Buffalo Creek arm of the Lake of the Ozarks, {{convert|15.8|mi|km}} east-northeast of Warsaw.{{cite map |publisher=Missouri Department of Transportation |title=Benton County General Highway Map |url=http://www.modot.mo.gov/newsandinfo/documents/countymaps/benton.pdf |year=2005 |access-date=May 23, 2012 }}Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 44, {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}

A post office called Zora was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1931.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=1 September 2016}} The etymology of the name Zora is uncertain.{{cite web | url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_benton.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071139/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_benton.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 June 2016 | title=Benton County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| access-date=3 September 2016}}