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Welcome to Guild ...

Guild is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Guild is located in Texas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Guild, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Guild is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Guild ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Guild - they are located in California, Georgia, New Hampshire, Tennessee and Texas.

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

Communities near Guild ...

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

  • Mountain View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Willow Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Houston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cabool
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Birch Tree
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Summersville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Raymondville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Sterling ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Sterling is located in Howell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
  • Eunice
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Sargent
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Sargent is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Guild ...

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

Adding Guild to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Guild post office opened in 1908. The Guild post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Guild.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Texas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Guild - 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/