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Welcome to Farmer ...

Farmer is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Farmer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Farmer is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Farmer: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Farmer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Farmer - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas (2) and Washington.

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

Communities near Farmer ...

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

  • Bowling Green
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Vandalia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Louisiana
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Wellsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Eolia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Laddonia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Bellflower
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Bellflower is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellflower
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
  • Frankford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Farber
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Farber is located in Audrain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farber
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
  • Silex
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Silex is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silex
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 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 Farmer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Farmer.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Farmer ...

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

Adding Farmer to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Farmer post office opened in 1883. The Farmer post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Farmer.

Footnotes ...

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