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Welcome to Saint Vincent ...

Saint Vincent is located in Conway County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Vincent, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Vincent: St. Vincent

Saint Vincent is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Saint Vincent: 501

Communities Also Named Saint Vincent ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Saint Vincent - they are located in Alberta, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana and Minnesota.

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

Communities near Saint Vincent ...

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

  • Morrilton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Greenbrier
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Pottsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Pottsville is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,361 people
    • Former names for Pottsville:
    • Pott's Inn
    • Pott's Station
  • Atkins
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Wooster
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Plumerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Oppelo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Oppelo is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppelo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
  • Hector
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Damascus
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Twin Groves
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Twin Groves is located in Faulkner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Groves
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint Vincent ...

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

Adding Saint Vincent to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saint Vincent 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 Saint Vincent was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Saint Vincent post office opened in 1884. The Saint Vincent post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Vincent.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Conway, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saint Vincent - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/