Walnut Shade, Missouri

Walnut Shade is an unincorporated community in Taney County, Missouri, United States.^[1] It is located approximately six miles northwest of Forsyth on U.S. Route 160. The town sits at the confluence of Bull and Bear Creeks.^[2][3] Walnut Shade is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area. The ZIP Code for Walnut Shade is 65771.^[4]

A post office called Walnut Shade has been in operation since 1860.^[5] The community once had Walnut Shade Schoolhouse, now defunct.^[6] The name "Walnut Shade" is commendatory.^[7]

Bonniebrook Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[8]

Walnut Shade is the site of the Branson Cross, the largest cross monument in North America.^[9][10]