Welcome to Locust ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Locust, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

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

Locust is located in the (816) area code.

Communities Also Named Locust ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Locust: This one is located in DeKalb County and the other is located in Ozark County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 12 communities that are also named Locust - they are located in California, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Adding Locust to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Locust 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 for Locust was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Locust post office opened in 1858.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Locust.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Locust. 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 DeKalb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/