Welcome to Far West ...

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

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

Far West would have been located within present day Caldwell County<2>.

The location of Far West has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

Far West was founded in 1836.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Far West is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Communities Also Named Far West ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Far West - it's located in Kansas.

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

Communities near Far West ...

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

• Cameron
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cameron have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
  • Cameron is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,136 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cameron <5>
• Lawson
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
  • Lawson is located in Ray County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,402 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawson <5>
• Plattsburg
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plattsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
  • Plattsburg is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,242 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plattsburg <5>
• Lathrop
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lathrop have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
  • Lathrop is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,019 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lathrop <5>
• Gallatin
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
  • Gallatin is located in Daviess County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,761 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gallatin <5>
• Hamilton
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
  • Hamilton is located in Caldwell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,691 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamilton <5>
• Maysville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Maysville is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,073 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maysville <5>
• Braymer
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Braymer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braymer
  • Braymer is located in Caldwell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 850 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Braymer <5>
• Polo
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
  • Polo is located in Caldwell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Polo <5>
• Holt
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
  • Holt is located in Clay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holt <5>

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

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

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

Adding Far West to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Far West 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 for Far West was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Far West post office opened in 1837.

We also found Far West in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Far West.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/