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Welcome to Hurlingen ...

Hurlingen is located in Buchanan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hurlingen, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Hurlingen is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hurlingen: 816 & 975<3>

Communities near Hurlingen ...

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

  • Saint Joseph
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Savannah
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Country Club
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Country Club is located in Andrew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
  • Plattsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Gower
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Gower is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,453 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gower <4>
  • Wathena
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Wathena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wathena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,272 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wathena <4>
  • Elwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
  • Maysville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • King City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Stewartsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hurlingen ...

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

Adding Hurlingen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hurlingen 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 Hurlingen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hurlingen post office opened in 1881. The Hurlingen post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hurlingen.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Buchanan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hurlingen - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 816 code has been Overlayed with the 975 area code. New phone numbers in the Hurlingen area will be assigned with one of these codes: 816 or 975. As a result, placing a call in the Hurlingen area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/