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Welcome to Aholt ...

Aholt is located in Chariton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Aholt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Aholt is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Aholt: 660

Communities near Aholt ...

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

  • Marshall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Fayette
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Slater
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Salisbury
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Glasgow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • New Franklin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Brunswick
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Keytesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Armstrong
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Armstrong is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
  • Gilliam
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gilliam is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 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 Aholt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Aholt.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Aholt ...

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

Adding Aholt to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Aholt post office opened in 1900. The Aholt post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Aholt.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Chariton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Aholt - 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/