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Welcome to Denlow ...

Denlow is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Denlow is located in Douglas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Denlow, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Denlow is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Denlow: 417

Communities near Denlow ...

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

  • Mountain Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ava
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Ava is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,905 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ava <3>
  • Cabool
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mansfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Norwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Drury
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Drury is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury
  • Buckhart
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Buckhart is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhart
  • Gentryville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Gentryville is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
  • Olathia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Olathia is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olathia
  • Macomb
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Macomb is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomb

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Denlow ...

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

Adding Denlow to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Denlow post office opened in 1896. The Denlow post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Denlow.

Footnotes ...

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