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Welcome to Clapper ...

Clapper is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clapper, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Clapper is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Clapper ...

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

  • Monroe City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Shelbina
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Paris
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Perry
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Shelbyville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
  • Center
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Rensselaer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Rensselaer is located in Ralls County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
  • Hunnewell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hunnewell is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
  • Holliday
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Holliday is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
  • The Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • The Landing is located in Ralls County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Landing

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clapper ...

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

Adding Clapper to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Clapper post office opened in 1872. The Clapper post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clapper.

Footnotes ...

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