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Welcome to Friedenberg ...

Friedenberg is located in Perry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Friedenberg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Friedenberg is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Friedenberg: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Friedenberg ...

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

  • Perryville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Chester
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Chester is located in Randolph County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,145 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
  • Grand Tower
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Saint Mary
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Altenburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Frohna
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Frohna is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
  • Oak Ridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Gorham
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Gorham is located in Jackson County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <4>
  • Sedgewickville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
  • Pocahontas
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Friedenberg ...

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

Adding Friedenberg to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Friedenberg post office opened in 1899. The Friedenberg post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Friedenberg.

Footnotes ...

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