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Welcome to Laflin ...

Laflin is located in Bollinger County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Laflin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Laflin is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Laflin: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Laflin ...

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

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

Communities near Laflin ...

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

  • Cape Girardeau
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jackson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jackson is located in Cape Girardeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,699 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <4>
  • Scott City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Chaffee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Marble Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Advance
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Oran
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Oran is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oran <4>
  • Kelso
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Bell City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Delta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Laflin ...

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

Adding Laflin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Laflin post office opened in 1871. The Laflin post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Laflin.

Footnotes ...

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