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Welcome to Bay ...

Bay is located in Gasconade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bay, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Bay is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bay: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Bay ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Bay - they are located in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Utah and Virginia.

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

Communities near Bay ...

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

  • Owensville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Hermann
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • New Haven
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Linn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • 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>
  • Belle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Gerald
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bland is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <4>
  • Rosebud
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Chamois
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Berger
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bay ...

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

Adding Bay to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bay post office opened in 1860. The Bay post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bay.

Footnotes ...

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