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Welcome to Garner ...

Garner is located in Linn County<1>.

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

Garner is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Garner: 660

Communities Also Named Garner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Garner - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky (2), Mississippi, North Carolina and Texas.

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

Communities near Garner ...

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

  • Brookfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Marceline
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Milan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Milan is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <3>
  • Bucklin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Bucklin is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
  • Laclede
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Linneus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Linneus is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Browning
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Browning is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • New Cambria
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Purdin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Purdin is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
  • Elmer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Elmer is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 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 Garner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Garner.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Garner ...

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

Adding Garner to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Garner in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Garner was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Garner post office opened in 1899. The Garner post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Garner.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Linn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Garner - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/