Dixon Weather Service

Dixon, Missouri was born a railroad town - a boom town, in fact, because of a fortunate meeting of time, place, and need. It's fortune at first depended largely on the Frisco Railroad, which today is now the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway. Although a number of nearby settlements older than Dixon had survived the Civil War period, the first large settlement near the town itself was a camp consisting of about 100 workers who were "working on the railroad" in 1867-1868. reportedly this camp was located on what is widely remembered now by locals as the Bennett Jones property just west of Dixon, approaching the intersection with Highway 133. Later, the workers moved into town.

In 1869, Dixon was surveyed and laid out on both sides of the railroad tracks by Frisco surveyor, Milton Santee, who originally came from Dixon, Illinois. Santee suggested naming the new Missouri city after an Indian trader who had donated the land which became Dixon, Illinios. John Dixon was an interpreter for local Indians and counsel to U.S. Army officers assigned to the southern Illinois area. The Winnebago Indians called Dixon "Nada-chu-ra-sak" due to his long flowing white hair. For many years after Dixon donated the land for the village in Illinois, the Indians passing through the area would stop and visit the elderly gentleman.

A well-preserved photograph of John Dixon hangs in the Dixon City Hall today.

The Dixon area has continued to prosper and grow at a sloe yet steady pace. Today - more than 125 years later - Dixon is a pleasant, progressive community that is a "hometown place" to more than 1500 citizens.

Spread comfortably around the top of a rolling Ozark foothill, Dixon offers a unique blend of modern lifestyles and old-fashioned country living. Dixon boasts a premiere school system, one full service grocery store, a weekly newspaper, several fine restaurants, and is home base for Gascosage Electric Cooperative, Dixon R1 Schools and Dixon Weather Service Along with other thriving small industries and competitive businesses and shops.

Dixon residents are fortunate to have two community banking facilities to serve their financial needs. The Mid America Bank & Trust and the Community Bank of Dixon (a branch of Maries County Bank) are both staffed by progressive and supportive civic leaders.

The city has two fine parks, Lions Club Park which is reserved for family reunions and children's playgrounds, the other for sporting events like youth soccer, baseball, softball, and family recreation.

Dixon also has a modern 60-bed nursing home-Dixon Nursing & Rehab, Dixon Family Practice & Internal Medicine, Hometown Pharmacy, Countrymart Pharmacy, Tri-County Hardware & Lumber, Dollar General Store, Caseys General Store, a magnificent country club with one of the most beautiful 9-hole golf courses in mid-Missouri, more than 20 churches of all faiths, and several active service clubs and fraternal organizations.

Dixon is a beautiful place to visit or to raise a family. Come experience the charm of the Missouri Ozarks in Dixon, Missouri...A Hometown Place.