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Welcome to Points ...So far, we found very little information about Points. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Points to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Points, please Contact Us. Points would have been located within present day Boone County<2>. The location of Points has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Points, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. While the community is gone, the present day location for Points is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Points was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Points would have been located in the (573) area code. Communities Also Named Points ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Points - they are located in California and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Points. Communities near Points ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Points.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Points. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Points. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Points. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Points. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Points. See our Newspapers Page for Points. Adding Points to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Points 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 Points was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Points in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Points. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Boone County: www.showmeboone.com/ The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/ Footnotes ...
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