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Welcome to Filley ...

Filley is located in Cedar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Filley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

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

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

Area Code for Filley: 417

Communities Also Named Filley ...

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

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

Communities near Filley ...

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

  • El Dorado Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Stockton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Walker
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Walker is located in Vernon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
  • Jerico Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
  • Roscoe
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Roscoe is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscoe <3>
  • Milo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Milo is located in Vernon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
  • Arcola
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Arcola is located in Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
  • Umber View Heights
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
  • Harwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Harwood is located in Vernon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
  • Milford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Milford is located in Barton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 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 Filley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Filley.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Filley ...

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

Adding Filley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Filley post office opened in 1882. The Filley post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Filley.

Footnotes ...

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