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Welcome to Lingo ...

Lingo is located in Macon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lingo, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1873.

Lingo is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lingo: 660

Communities Also Named Lingo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lingo - it's located in New Mexico.

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

Communities near Lingo ...

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

  • Macon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
    • Macon is located in Macon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macon <4>
  • Brookfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • Brookfield is located in Linn County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,178 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookfield <4>
  • Marceline
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bevier
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bevier have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
    • Bevier is located in Macon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bevier <4>
  • Bucklin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Laclede
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laclede. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laclede
    • Laclede is located in Linn County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laclede <4>
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Laclede
    • From Lingo to Laclede
  • Callao
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • New Cambria
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Cambria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cambria
    • New Cambria is located in Macon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Cambria <4>
  • Rothville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rothville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothville
    • Rothville is located in Chariton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
  • Elmer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lingo ...

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

Adding Lingo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lingo 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 for Lingo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Lingo post office opened in 1873.

We also found Lingo in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lingo.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lingo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Macon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lingo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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