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Welcome to Griffin ...

Griffin is located in Schuyler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Griffin, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1873.

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

Area Code for Griffin: 660

Communities Also Named Griffin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Griffin: This one is located in Schuyler County and the other is located in Christian 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.

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 for Griffin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Griffin post office opened in 1873.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Griffin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Schuyler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/