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

Welcome to Japan ...

Japan is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Japan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Japan is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Japan: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Japan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Japan - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Japan ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Japan ...

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

Adding Japan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Japan post office opened in 1860. The Japan post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Japan.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Japan - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Japan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Japan 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/