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Welcome to Folk ...

Folk is located in Osage County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Folk, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Folk is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Folk: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Folk ...

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

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

Communities near Folk ...

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

  • Jefferson City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Holts Summit
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Wardsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wardsville is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
  • Linn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Linn is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <4>
  • Saint Martins
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Martins is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
  • Taos
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Taos is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
  • Russellville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Vienna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Freeburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Westphalia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Folk ...

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

Adding Folk to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Folk post office opened in 1905. The Folk post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Folk.

Footnotes ...

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