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Welcome to Griswold ...

Griswold is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Griswold is located in Oregon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Griswold, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Griswold is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Griswold: 417

Communities Also Named Griswold ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Griswold - they are located in Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, New York (2), North Dakota and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Griswold.

Communities near Griswold ...

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

  • Pocahontas
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Pocahontas is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,371 people
    • Former names for Pocahontas:
    • Bettis Bluff
    • Betts Bluff
    • Pokakhontas
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocahontas <3>
  • Doniphan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Alton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Ravenden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Maynard
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Maynard is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
  • Ravenden Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Ravenden Springs is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenden Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Former names for Ravenden Springs:
    • Dream Town
    • Jane's Store
  • Spring Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Spring Creek is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Warm Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Warm Springs is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
  • Gatewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gatewood is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
  • Dalton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Dalton is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Griswold ...

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

Adding Griswold to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Griswold 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 Griswold was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Griswold post office opened in 1887. The Griswold post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Griswold.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Oregon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Griswold - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/