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Welcome to Deer Park ...

Deer Park is located in Boone County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Deer Park, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Deer Park is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Deer Park: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Deer Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Deer Park - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, California (2), Colorado, Florida (2), Illinois (2), Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland (6), Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia (2), Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Deer Park ...

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

  • Columbia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fulton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Fulton is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,549 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <4>
  • Holts Summit
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ashland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hallsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Saint Martins
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Saint Martins is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
  • New Bloomfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jamestown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Mykee Town
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
    • Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
  • Centertown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Deer Park ...

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

Adding Deer Park to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Deer Park post office opened in 1886. The Deer Park post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Deer Park.

Footnotes ...

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