Welcome to Bethany ...

Bethany is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bethany, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1844.

Time Zone: Bethany lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Bethany: (816)

Communities Also Named Bethany ...

While we believe that this Bethany is located in Clay County, we know of another 2 Missouri communities named Bethany. Those communities are located in the following counties: Dunklin and Harrison County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 45 communities that are also named Bethany - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (6), Illinois, Indiana (3), Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Manitoba, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (2), Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bethany.

Adding Bethany to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bethany in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bethany was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Bethany post office opened in 1844.

We also found Bethany in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bethany.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bethany. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clay County: www.claycogov.com/

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/