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Welcome to Drury ...

Drury is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Drury is located in Douglas County<1>.

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

Drury is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Drury: 417

The ZIP code for Drury: 65638<3>

Communities Also Named Drury ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Drury - they are located in Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near Drury ...

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

  • Mountain Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Ava
    (18 miles [29 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 <4>
  • Cabool
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Mansfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Norwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Gentryville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gentryville is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
  • Richville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Richville is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
  • Rockbridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Trail
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Trail is located in Ozark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
  • Dora
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Drury ...

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

Adding Drury to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Drury post office opened in 1893. The Drury post office closed in 1997.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Drury.

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 Drury - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Drury). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Drury or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/