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Welcome to Knobby ...

Knobby is located in Benton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Knobby, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Knobby is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Knobby ...

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

  • Warsaw
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Laurie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Sunrise Beach
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Hermitage
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Macks Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Preston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Cross Timbers
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cross Timbers is located in Hickory County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
  • Gravois Mills
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Climax Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Edwards
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Knobby ...

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

Adding Knobby to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Knobby post office opened in 1885. The Knobby post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Knobby.

Footnotes ...

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