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Welcome to Chloride ...

Chloride is located in Iron County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chloride, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Chloride is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Chloride: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Chloride ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Chloride - they are located in Arizona, Nevada (2) and New Mexico.

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

Communities near Chloride ...

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

  • Ironton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Iron Mountain Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Iron Mountain Lake is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
  • Pilot Knob
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Arcadia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Annapolis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Centerville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Des Arc
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lesterville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Vulcan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Vulcan is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
  • English Town
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • English Town is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chloride ...

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

Adding Chloride to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Chloride post office opened in 1904. The Chloride post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chloride.

Footnotes ...

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