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Welcome to Mossville ...

Mossville is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Mossville is located in Newton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mossville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Mossville is 2,260 feet [689 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Mossville is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Mossville: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Mossville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Mossville - they are located in Illinois, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near Mossville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mossville.

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 Mossville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mossville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mossville. 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 Mossville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mossville. See our Newspapers Page for Mossville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mossville ...

Looking for more information about Mossville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mossville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mossville.

Adding Mossville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mossville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Mossville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mossville post office opened in 1889. The Mossville post office closed in 1981.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mossville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Newton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mossville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Mossville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Mossville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/