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Welcome to Champion City ...

Champion City is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Champion City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Champion City is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Champion City: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Champion City ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Champion City ...

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

Adding Champion City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Champion City 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 Champion City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Champion City post office opened in 1877. The Champion City post office closed in 1911.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Champion City - 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 Champion City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Champion City 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/