Welcome to Griffin ...So far, we found very little information about Griffin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Griffin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Griffin, please Contact Us. Griffin was located in the Missouri Ozarks. Griffin would have been located within present day Christian County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Griffin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. While the community is gone, the present day location for Griffin is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Griffin was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Griffin was located: 417 Communities Also Named Griffin ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Griffin: This one is located in Christian County and the other is located in Schuyler County. Beyond Missouri, there are 28 communities that are also named Griffin - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania (3), Quebec, Saskatchewan, Tennessee and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Griffin. Communities near Griffin ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Griffin.
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 Griffin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Griffin. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Griffin. 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 Griffin. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Griffin. See our Newspapers Page for Griffin. Adding Griffin to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Griffin 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 Griffin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Griffin. Footnotes ...
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