Welcome to Festus ...The city of Festus is located in Jefferson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Festus, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Festus has a population of 12,048 people<2> (see below for details). Festus is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Festus lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Festus: 636 The ZIP code for Festus: 63028<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Festus had an population of 12,048 people. This is an increase of 3.84% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 24.72% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Festus had a population of 11,602 people (which is 5.29% of the total population of Jefferson County). This makes Festus the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Festus represents 0.19% of the total population of Missouri (which has 5,988,927 people), making it the state's 63rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 11,602 people, the population of Festus increased 20.1% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 9,660 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Festus. Communities Also Named Festus ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Festus - they are located in Florida and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Festus. Websites for Festus ...Official Website: www.cityoffestus.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.twincity.org/ Communities near Festus ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Festus.
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 Festus. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Festus. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Festus. 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 Festus. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Festus. Our list includes 13 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Festus. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Festus ...Looking for more information about Festus? 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 Festus, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Festus. Adding Festus to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Festus 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 Festus was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Festus. Footnotes ...
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