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Welcome to Edsall ...

So far, we found very little information about Edsall. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Edsall to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Edsall, please Contact Us.

Edsall would have been located within present day Cedar County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Edsall, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Edsall is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Edsall was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Edsall was located: 417

Communities Also Named Edsall ...

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

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

Communities near Edsall ...

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

  • El Dorado Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stockton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Humansville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Fair Play
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jerico Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
  • Collins
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Roscoe
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Roscoe is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscoe <4>
  • Arcola
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Arcola is located in Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
  • Umber View Heights
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
  • Milford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Milford is located in Barton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people

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

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

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

Adding Edsall to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Edsall in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Edsall was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Edsall post office opened in 1901. The Edsall post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Edsall.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Edsall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Cedar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Edsall - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/