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Welcome to Corkery ...

Corkery is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Corkery is primarily located in Dallas County<1>. A portion of Corkery extends into Laclede County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Corkery, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Corkery is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Corkery: 417

Communities Also Named Corkery ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Corkery - it's located in Ontario.

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

Communities near Corkery ...

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

  • Lebanon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Camdenton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Buffalo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Urbana
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Linn Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Macks Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Stoutland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Phillipsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Louisburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Louisburg is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
  • Celt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Celt is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celt

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Corkery ...

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

Adding Corkery to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Corkery post office opened in 1893. The Corkery post office closed in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Corkery.

Footnotes ...

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