RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Missouri >> Henry County >> HuntingdaleIndex...

Welcome to Huntingdale ...

Huntingdale is located in Henry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Huntingdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.

Huntingdale is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Huntingdale ...

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

  • Clinton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Windsor
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Holden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Leeton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Leeton is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
  • Urich
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Calhoun
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Calhoun is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
  • Deepwater
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Montrose
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Creighton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Chilhowee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Chilhowee is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Huntingdale ...

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

Adding Huntingdale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Huntingdale in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Huntingdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Huntingdale post office opened in 1856. The Huntingdale post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Huntingdale.

Footnotes ...

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