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Welcome to Billingsville ...

Billingsville is located in Cooper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Billingsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

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

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

Area Code for Billingsville: 660

Communities Also Named Billingsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Billingsville - it's located in Indiana.

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

Communities near Billingsville ...

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

  • Boonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Tipton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Fayette
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • New Franklin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Pilot Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Otterville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jamestown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Bunceton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Clarksburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Clarksburg is located in Moniteau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
  • Windsor Place village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Windsor Place village is located in Cooper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Place village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
    • Windsor Place village has also been known as:
    • Windsor Place village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Billingsville ...

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

Adding Billingsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Billingsville post office opened in 1871. The Billingsville post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Billingsville.

Footnotes ...

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