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Welcome to Cedar Bluff ...

Cedar Bluff is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Cedar Bluff is located in Texas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar Bluff, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for Cedar Bluff: Cedar Blf. (or less commonly used: Cedar Bluf.)

Cedar Bluff is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Cedar Bluff ...

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

Beyond Missouri, there are 17 communities that are also named Cedar Bluff - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Tennessee (3) and Virginia (4).

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

Communities near Cedar Bluff ...

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

  • Mountain Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Willow Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Houston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Norwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Sargent
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sargent is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
  • Dunn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Dunn is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
    • Former name for Dunn:
    • Impo
  • Elk Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Elk Creek is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
  • Sterling ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sterling is located in Howell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
  • Simmons
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Simmons is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons
  • Solo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Solo is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedar Bluff ...

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

Adding Cedar Bluff to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cedar Bluff 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 Cedar Bluff was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cedar Bluff post office opened in 1857. The Cedar Bluff post office closed in 1882.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cedar Bluff.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Texas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cedar Bluff - 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>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/