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Welcome to Fordham ...

Fordham is located in DeKalb County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fordham, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Fordham is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fordham: 816 & 975<3>

Communities Also Named Fordham ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Fordham - they are located in Illinois, New York (2), Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Fordham ...

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

  • Cameron
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lathrop
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Gallatin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Hamilton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Maysville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stewartsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Osborn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pattonsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Kingston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingston is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
  • Kidder
    (9 miles [14.5 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 Fordham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fordham.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fordham ...

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

Adding Fordham to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fordham post office opened in 1906. The Fordham post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fordham.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including DeKalb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fordham - 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 816 code has been Overlayed with the 975 area code. New phone numbers in the Fordham area will be assigned with one of these codes: 816 or 975. As a result, placing a call in the Fordham 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/