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Welcome to Optimus ...

Optimus is located in Stone County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Optimus, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Optimus is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Optimus: 870 & 327<3>

Communities near Optimus ...

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

  • Mountain View
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Melbourne
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Calico Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Oxford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Oxford is located in Izard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Norfork
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Salesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Briarcliff
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Pineville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Fifty-Six
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Flat
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Optimus ...

Looking for more information about Optimus? 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 Optimus, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Optimus.

Adding Optimus to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Optimus 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 Optimus was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Optimus post office opened in 1888. The Optimus post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Optimus.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Stone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Optimus - 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 Optimus area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Optimus 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/