Welcome to Baker ...So far, we found very little information about Baker. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Baker to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Baker, please Contact Us. Baker would have been located within present day Saint Clair County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Baker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869. While the community is gone, the present day location for Baker is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Baker was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Baker ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Baker: This one is located in Saint Clair County and the other is located in Stoddard County. Beyond Missouri, there are 50 communities that are also named Baker - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas (4), British Columbia (2), California (2), Florida (3), Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Montana (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (2), Texas (4), Utah, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Baker. Communities near Baker ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Baker.
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 Baker. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Baker. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Baker. 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 Baker. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Baker. See our Newspapers Page for Baker. Adding Baker to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Baker 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 Baker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Baker. Footnotes ...
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