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)
  • Doniphan is located in Ripley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,919 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Doniphan <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Doniphan
  • From Calm to Doniphan
• Alton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Alton is located in Oregon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 823 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Alton
  • From Calm to Alton
• Maynard
  (16 miles [25.7 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
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Maynard
  • From Calm to Maynard
• Ravenden Springs
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • 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
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ravenden Springs
  • From Calm to Ravenden Springs
• Warm Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Warm Springs is located in Randolph County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Warm Springs
  • From Calm to Warm Springs
• Myrtle
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Myrtle is located in Oregon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Myrtle
  • From Calm to Myrtle
• Spring Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Spring Creek is located in Randolph County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Spring Creek
  • From Calm to Spring Creek
• Dalton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Dalton is located in Randolph County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Dalton
  • From Calm to Dalton
• Bardley
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bardley is located in Ripley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardley
• Garfield
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Garfield is located in Oregon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Garfield
  • From Calm to Garfield

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 (so far) for Calm was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Calm post office opened in 1898. The Calm post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Calm.