Welcome to Ascalon ...

Ascalon is located in Saint Louis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ascalon, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1896.

Ascalon is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Ascalon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Ascalon - they are located in Colorado, Georgia, Nevada and Ontario.

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

Communities near Ascalon ...

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

• Saint Louis
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
  • Saint Louis is located in Saint Louis City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 297,645 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Louis <3>
• O'Fallon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for O'Fallon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Fallon
  • O'Fallon is located in Saint Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 89,769 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Fallon <3>
• Saint Charles
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
  • Saint Charles is located in Saint Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 71,761 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Charles <3>
• Saint Peters
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peters
  • Saint Peters is located in Saint Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Peters <3>
• Florissant
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
  • Florissant is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
• Chesterfield
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
  • Chesterfield is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,570 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesterfield <3>
• Wildwood
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
  • Wildwood is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,460 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wildwood <3>
• University City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
  • University City is located in Saint Louis City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
• Ballwin
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ballwin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballwin
  • Ballwin is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,094 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ballwin <3>
• Granite City
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
  • Granite City is located in Madison County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,959 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite City <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ascalon ...

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

Adding Ascalon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ascalon 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 for Ascalon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Ascalon post office opened in 1896.

We also found Ascalon on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ascalon.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ascalon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Saint Louis County: www.co.st-louis.mo.us/

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/