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Welcome to Cull ...

Cull is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Cull is located in Howell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cull, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Cull is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cull: 417

Communities Also Named Cull ...

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

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

Communities near Cull ...

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

  • West Plains
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Mountain View
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Thayer
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mammoth Spring
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Alton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Koshkonong
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Koshkonong is located in Oregon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koshkonong
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
  • Brandsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Brandsville is located in Howell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
  • Chapin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Chapin is located in Howell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
  • Thomasville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Thomasville is located in Oregon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
  • Cottbus
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cottbus is located in Howell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottbus

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cull ...

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

Adding Cull to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cull post office opened in 1899. The Cull post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cull.

Footnotes ...

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