Welcome to Gant ...

So far, we found very little information about Gant. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Gant to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Gant - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Gant, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Gant , we believe that it would have been located within present day Audrain County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gant, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Time Zone: The area where Gant was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Gant was located: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Gant ...

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

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

Adding Gant to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Gant was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Gant post office opened in 1883.

We also found Gant in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gant.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Gant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Audrain, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 Gant area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Gant area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/