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Welcome to Arroll ...

Arroll is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Arroll is located in Texas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arroll, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Arroll is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Arroll ...

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

  • Mountain View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Willow Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Houston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Birch Tree
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Summersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Raymondville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Eunice
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Hartshorn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
  • Montier
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Montier is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
  • Yukon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Yukon is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arroll ...

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

Adding Arroll to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Arroll post office opened in 1899. The Arroll post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arroll.

Footnotes ...

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