Welcome to Gonten ...

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gonten, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

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

The Area Code where Gonten was located: 417

Adding Gonten to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Gonten was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Gonten post office opened in 1881.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gonten.

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 Gonten, 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 Barry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/