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Welcome to Babbtown ...

Babbtown is located in Osage County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Babbtown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Babbtown is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Babbtown: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Babbtown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Babbtown - they are located in Ohio and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Babbtown ...

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

  • Jefferson City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jefferson City is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
    • Jefferson City has also been known as:
    • Jeff City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <4>
  • Wardsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Wardsville is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
  • Linn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Linn is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <4>
  • Taos
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Taos is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
  • Iberia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Vienna
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Freeburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Freeburg is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
  • Westphalia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Elizabeth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Thomas
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 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 Babbtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Babbtown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Babbtown ...

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

Adding Babbtown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Babbtown 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 Babbtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Babbtown post office opened in 1878. The Babbtown post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Babbtown.

Footnotes ...

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