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Welcome to Calm ...

Calm is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Calm is located in Oregon County<1>.

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

Calm is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Calm: 417

Communities Also Named Calm ...

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

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

Communities near Calm ...

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

  • Doniphan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Alton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Maynard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ravenden Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Warm Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Warm Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
    • Warm Springs is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Warm Springs
    • From Calm to Warm Springs
  • Myrtle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Myrtle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
    • Myrtle is located in Oregon County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Myrtle
    • From Calm to Myrtle
  • Spring Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spring Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Spring Creek is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Spring Creek
    • From Calm to Spring Creek
  • Dalton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bardley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bardley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardley
    • Bardley is located in Ripley County
  • Garfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Calm ...

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

Adding Calm to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Calm 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 for Calm was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Calm post office opened in 1898.

We also found Calm on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Calm.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Oregon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Calm - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/