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Welcome to Abesville ...

Abesville is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Abesville is located in Stone County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Abesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Abesville is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Abesville: 417

Communities near Abesville ...

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

  • Nixa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Nixa is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
    • Former name for Nixa:
    • Faught
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <3>
  • Ozark
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ozark is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,052 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ozark <3>
  • Republic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Branson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Battlefield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Battlefield is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
  • Hollister
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hollister is located in Taney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
  • Clever
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clever is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clever
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clever <3>
  • Forsyth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Kimberling City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Marionville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Abesville ...

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

Adding Abesville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Abesville post office opened in 1906. The Abesville post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Abesville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's 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 Abesville - 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/