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Welcome to Little Compton ...

Little Compton is located in Carroll County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Compton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Little Compton is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Little Compton: 660

Communities Also Named Little Compton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Little Compton - it's located in Rhode Island.

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

Communities near Little Compton ...

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

  • Brookfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Carrollton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Brunswick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Meadville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Meadville is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
  • Hale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hale is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
  • Laclede
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Bosworth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bosworth is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
  • Wheeling
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Wheeling is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
  • Miami
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Mendon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Mendon is located in Chariton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 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 Little Compton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Little Compton.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Compton ...

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

Adding Little Compton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Little Compton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Little Compton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Little Compton post office opened in 1850. The Little Compton post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Compton.

Footnotes ...

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