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Welcome to Elsey ...

Elsey is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Elsey is located in Stone County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elsey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Elsey is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Elsey: 417

Communities Also Named Elsey ...

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

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

Communities near Elsey ...

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

  • Nixa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Nixa is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
    • Former name for Nixa:
    • Faught
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <3>
  • Republic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Aurora
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Clever
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Clever is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clever
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clever <3>
  • Kimberling City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Marionville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Crane
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Billings
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Highlandville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Reeds Spring
    (11 miles [17.7 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 Elsey. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elsey.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elsey ...

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

Adding Elsey to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Elsey post office opened in 1900. The Elsey post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elsey.

Footnotes ...

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