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Welcome to Locust ...

Locust is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Locust is located in Ozark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Locust, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Locust is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Locust: 417

Communities Also Named Locust ...

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

Communities near Locust ...

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

  • Mountain Home
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Gassville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Bull Shoals
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Flippin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Flippin is located in Marion County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,316 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flippin <3>
  • Cotter
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Cotter is located in Baxter County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotter
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cotter <3>
  • Gainesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lakeview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Theodosia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Theodosia is located in Ozark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theodosia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
  • Sundown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Sundown is located in Ozark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
  • Isabella
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Locust ...

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

Adding Locust to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Locust post office opened in 1911. The Locust post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Locust.

Footnotes ...

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