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Welcome to Alley ...

Alley is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Alley is located in Shannon County<1>.

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

Alley is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Alley: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Alley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Alley - they are located in Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Alley ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alley ...

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

Adding Alley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alley in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Alley post office opened in 1884. The Alley post office closed in 1950.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Shannon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alley - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Alley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Alley 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/