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Welcome to Foil ...

Foil is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Foil is located in Ozark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Foil, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1909.

Foil is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Foil: 417

Communities near Foil ...

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

  • Ava
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Gainesville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Theodosia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Bradleyville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradleyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleyville
    • Bradleyville is located in Taney County
  • Sundown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sundown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
    • Sundown is located in Ozark County
  • Wasola
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Almartha
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Squires
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squires have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires
    • Squires is located in Douglas County
  • Romance
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Smallett
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Smallett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallett
    • Smallett is located in Douglas County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Smallett
    • From Foil to Smallett

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Foil ...

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

Adding Foil to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Foil post office opened in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Foil.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Foil. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Ozark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Foil - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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