Welcome to Central City ...

Central City is located in Putnam County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Central City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1865.

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

Central City is located in the (660) area code.

Communities Also Named Central City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Central City: This one is located in Putnam County and the other is located in Jasper County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 23 communities that are also named Central City - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas (5), Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2) and South Dakota.

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

Adding Central City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Central City 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 for Central City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Central City post office opened in 1865.

We also found Central City in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Central City.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Central City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/