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Welcome to Excello ...

Excello is located in Macon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Excello, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

Excello is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Excello: 660

The ZIP code for Excello: 65247<3>

Communities Also Named Excello ...

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

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

Communities near Excello ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Excello ...

Looking for more information about Excello? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Excello, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Excello.

Adding Excello to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Excello post office opened in 1869.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Excello.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Macon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Excello - 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 Excello). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Excello 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/