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Welcome to Gashland ...

Gashland is located in Clay County<1>.

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

Gashland is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gashland: 816 & 975<3>

Communities near Gashland ...

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

  • Kansas City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Kansas City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Independence
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Leavenworth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Leawood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Leawood is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,669 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leawood <4>
  • Liberty
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Raytown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Prairie Village
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Lansing
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Lansing is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,954 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <4>
  • Excelsior Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 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 Gashland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gashland.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gashland ...

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

Adding Gashland to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gashland post office opened in 1899. The Gashland post office closed in 1959.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gashland.

Footnotes ...

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