Place:Protem, Taney, Missouri, United States

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NameProtem
Alt namesBig Creek Township
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates36.517°N 92.85°W
Located inTaney, Missouri, United States
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Protem is an unincorporated community in southeastern Taney County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 125, and is approximately two miles north of the Missouri-Arkansas state line. Protem is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area.

A post office called Protem has been in operation since 1875. The name comes from pro tem (Latin for "temporary"), because first settlers could not settle on a name and a temporary one (which became permanent) was needed.

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On the censuses you may see it listed as Big Creek Township, Taney, Missouri. Bull Shoals Lake now covers much of what used to be habitable farmland before the construction of the lake (late 1940's - early 1950's).