Welcome to Laynesville ...

So far, we found very little information about Laynesville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Laynesville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Laynesville - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Laynesville, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Laynesville , we believe that it would have been located within present day Saline County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Laynesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Time Zone: The area where Laynesville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Laynesville still existed, it would have been in the (660) area code.

Communities Also Named Laynesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Laynesville - they are located in Kentucky and Tennessee.

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

Adding Laynesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Laynesville 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 Laynesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Laynesville post office opened in 1872.

We also found Laynesville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Laynesville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Laynesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Saline, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/