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Welcome to Heady ...

Heady is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Heady is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Heady, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Heady is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Heady: 417

Communities near Heady ...

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

  • Springfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Bolivar
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Battlefield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Battlefield is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
  • Willard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Strafford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Fair Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Ash Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Walnut Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Hope
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Morrisville
    (7 miles [11.3 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 Heady. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Heady.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Heady ...

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

Adding Heady to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Heady post office opened in 1892. The Heady post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Heady.

Footnotes ...

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