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Welcome to Ann ...

Ann is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Ann is located in Douglas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ann, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Ann is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Ann: 417

Communities near Ann ...

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

  • Mountain Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Willow Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Cabool
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Norwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Dunn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Dunn is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
    • Former name for Dunn:
    • Impo
  • Vanzant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Vanzant is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
  • Drury
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Drury is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury
  • Sargent
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sargent is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
  • Sterling ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Sterling is located in Howell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
  • Buckhart
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Buckhart is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhart

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ann ...

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

Adding Ann to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ann post office opened in 1898. The Ann post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ann.

Footnotes ...

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