Welcome to Burr ...
Burr is located in the Missouri Ozarks.
Burr is located in Ripley County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Burr, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.
Burr is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Burr lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Burr: 573 & 235<3>
Communities Also Named Burr ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Burr - they are located in California, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Texas, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Burr.
Communities near Burr ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Burr.
- Pocahontas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pocahontas is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,371 people
- Former names for Pocahontas:
- Bettis Bluff
- Betts Bluff
- Pokakhontas
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocahontas <4>
- Doniphan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reyno
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reyno is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Former names for Reyno:
- Cherokee Bay
- Esselwood
- Needmore
- Maynard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maynard is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Biggers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Biggers is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Success
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Success is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Ravenden Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenden Springs is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Former names for Ravenden Springs:
- Dream Town
- Jane's Store
- Datto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Datto is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Middlebrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Middlebrook is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook
- Ponder
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ponder is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder
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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Burr.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Burr. 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.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Burr. See our Newspapers Page for Burr.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burr ...
Looking for more information about Burr? 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 Burr, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Burr.
Adding Burr to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Burr 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 Burr was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Burr post office opened in 1898. The Burr post office closed in 1920.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Burr.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Ripley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Burr - 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 Burr area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Burr 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/ |