Fanning is an unincorporated community in western Crawford County, Missouri, United States.

[3] A post office called Fanning was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1953.

[5] John Fanning was the founding railway section foreman beginning in the mid-19th century when the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) was first built through the region.

[5] His home, which still stands in Fanning, was for many decades the railway station, church, post office, and social center of the community.

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