Welcome to Gamburg ...
Gamburg is located in the Missouri Ozarks.
Gamburg is located in Ripley County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Gamburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.
Gamburg is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Gamburg lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Gamburg: 573 & 235<3>
Communities near Gamburg ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gamburg.
- Poplar Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Corning
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Doniphan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Naylor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Naylor is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Neelyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reyno
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Reyno is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Former names for Reyno:
- Cherokee Bay
- Esselwood
- Needmore
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Reyno
- From Gamburg to Reyno
- Grandin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grandin is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- McDougal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- McDougal is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Success
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Success is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Datto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Datto is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 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 Gamburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gamburg.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gamburg. 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 Gamburg.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gamburg. See our Newspapers Page for Gamburg.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gamburg ...
Looking for more information about Gamburg? 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 Gamburg, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gamburg.
Adding Gamburg to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Gamburg 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 Gamburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Gamburg post office opened in 1880. The Gamburg post office closed in 1931.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Gamburg.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Ripley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gamburg - 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 Gamburg area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Gamburg 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/ |