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Welcome to Broadway ...

So far, we found very little information about Broadway. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Broadway to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Broadway, please Contact Us.

Broadway would have been located within present day Maries County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Broadway, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Broadway is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Broadway was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Broadway was located: 573 & 235<4>

Communities Also Named Broadway ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Broadway: This one is located in Maries County and the other is located in Saint Louis City.

Beyond Missouri, there are 29 communities that are also named Broadway - they are located in California (2), Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey (2), New York (2), North Carolina (3), Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (3), Virginia and Washington (2).

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

Communities near Broadway ...

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

  • Rolla
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Rolla is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,437 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolla <5>
  • Saint James
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cuba
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Cuba is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,277 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <5>
  • Belle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Vienna
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Doolittle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Doolittle is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
  • Bland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • 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 <5>
  • Newburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Newburg is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
  • Freeburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Freeburg is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
  • Lanes Prairie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie

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

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

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

Adding Broadway to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Broadway in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Broadway was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Broadway post office opened in 1898. The Broadway post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Broadway.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Broadway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Maries, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Broadway - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Broadway area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Broadway area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/