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Welcome to Lindley ...

Lindley is primarily located in Grundy County<1>. A portion of Lindley extends into Sullivan County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lindley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Lindley is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lindley: 660

Communities Also Named Lindley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Lindley - they are located in New York, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Lindley ...

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

  • Trenton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Milan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Milan is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <3>
  • Linneus
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Linneus is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Browning
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Browning is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • Galt
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Spickard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chula
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Chula is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chula <3>
  • Laredo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Laredo is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
  • Purdin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Purdin is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
  • Humphreys
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 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 Lindley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lindley.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lindley ...

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

Adding Lindley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lindley post office opened in 1854. The Lindley post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lindley.

Footnotes ...

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