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Welcome to Good Water ...

Good Water is located in Iron County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Good Water, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Good Water is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Good Water: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Good Water ...

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

  • Viburnum
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Bunker
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Centerville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Caledonia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Czar
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bixby
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Horton Town
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Horton Town is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Town
  • Dillard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Boss
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Boss is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boss
  • Davisville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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 Good Water. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Good Water.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Good Water ...

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

Adding Good Water to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Good Water post office opened in 1871. The Good Water post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Good Water.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Iron, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Good Water - 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 Good Water area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Good Water 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/