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Welcome to Burr Oak ...

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

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

Burr Oak would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Burr Oak, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Burr Oak is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities Also Named Burr Oak ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Burr Oak - they are located in Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa (2), Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Burr Oak ...

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

  • O'Fallon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • O'Fallon is located in Saint Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Fallon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 89,769 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Fallon <4>
  • Wentzville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Lake Saint Louis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Troy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Troy is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Moscow Mills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Paul
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Saint Paul is located in Saint Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
  • Elsberry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Winfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hardin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hardin is located in Calhoun County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 881 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hardin <4>
  • Flint Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Flint Hill is located in Saint Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 794 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 Burr Oak. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Burr Oak.

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

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

Adding Burr Oak to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Burr Oak post office opened in 1895. The Burr Oak post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Burr Oak.

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 Burr Oak, 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 Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Burr Oak - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/