Tunas is an unincorporated rural hamlet in northern Dallas County, Missouri, United States.[1] It lies fourteen miles north of Buffalo on Route 73 and approximately seven miles east of Urbana on Route D. The town is located on Route 73, just southwest of the Little Niangua River.[2] There is a post office at Tunas, and no other businesses or services. Tunas is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

A post office at Tunas has been in operation since 1893.[3] The etymology of the name Tunas is obscure.[4] The ZIP Code for Tunas is 65764.[5]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tunas, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 44 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  4. ^ "Dallas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Tunas ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.

37°50′59″N 93°01′40″W / 37.84972°N 93.02778°W / 37.84972; -93.02778