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We're sorry. Actually, no we're not.
The Wikipedia page for 'Stover' is a disambiguation page, and the first thing on it is the stalks left in a field after the good part gets harvested. That's the town's whole identity: everything worth taking went to Osage Beach years ago. Even the name feels like leftovers.
A resident reviewing Stover on Niche felt the need to point out there's not even a proper grocery store, in a town of roughly 1,000 people. The entire place is an intersection of Routes 52 and 135 that exists so people can say they passed through it on the way to Versailles or Cole Camp. When your town is the 'meet halfway' spot between two other towns nobody visits, you're not a destination, you're a rest stop with a zip code.
Real estate agents call Stover 'a hidden gem' near the Lake of the Ozarks, which is realtor for 'you will drive half an hour to see a boat.' Stover residents get all the Party Cove proximity with none of the party, just the sunburned cousins passing through to a rental with a 'Lake Life' sign. Your claim to fame is being close to a man-made reservoir built by a power company, and you're still not on it.
Stover's top-rated attractions are wineries, a brewery, and an ice cream shop with a footlong chili dog and something called a Monkey Business Sundae. Niche's nightlife grade for this town feels generous for a place where Saturday night is sipping Missouri wine next to a pavilion and then going home by 8:30. Nothing says wild weekend like a beer and a sundae before the sun goes down.
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