Welcome to Compton ...So far, we found very little information about Compton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Compton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Compton, please Contact Us. Compton was located in the Missouri Ozarks. Compton would have been located within present day Webster County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Compton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. While the community is gone, the present day location for Compton is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Compton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Compton was located: 417 Communities Also Named Compton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Compton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Georgia (2), Illinois, Maryland (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Compton. Communities near Compton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Compton.
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 Compton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Compton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Compton. 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 Compton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Compton. See our Newspapers Page for Compton. Adding Compton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Compton 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 Compton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Compton. Footnotes ...
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