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Welcome to East Bonne Terre ...

East Bonne Terre is located in Saint Francois County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Bonne Terre, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

A typical abbreviation for East Bonne Terre: E. Bonne Terre

East Bonne Terre is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for East Bonne Terre: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near East Bonne Terre ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Bonne Terre.

  • Farmington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Park Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • De Soto
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Desloge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Desloge is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desloge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,900 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Desloge <4>
  • Flat River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
  • Potosi
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Potosi is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,548 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Potosi <4>
  • Bismarck
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bismarck is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,469 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bismarck <4>
  • Elvins
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
  • Leadwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Leadwood is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,158 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leadwood <4>
  • Esther
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Esther is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Bonne Terre ...

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

Adding East Bonne Terre to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Bonne Terre post office opened in 1889. The East Bonne Terre post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Bonne Terre.

Footnotes ...

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