Pontiac is a census-designated place in southern Ozark County, Missouri, United States. It lies six miles south of Isabella and 18.5 miles southwest of Gainesville,Moser, Paul, A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Ozark County, Missouri on the northeast shore of Bull Shoals Lake.
A post office called Pontiac has been in operation since 1887. The community was named in honor of the Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac, perhaps via Pontiac, Michigan.Ozark County Place Names, 1928-1945, The State Historical Society of Missouri
The town is on a ridge above the lake at an elevation of about 820 feet. The lake has a normal surface elevation of 654 feet. The town consists of a post office, a marina and campgrounds on the lake, a restaurant, and a church. Pontiac is accessed via Missouri Route W from Missouri Route 5 south of Gainesville.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64,
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