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Welcome to Low Wassie ...

Low Wassie is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Low Wassie is located in Shannon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Low Wassie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Low Wassie is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Low Wassie: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Low Wassie ...

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

  • Winona
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Van Buren
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Birch Tree
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Eminence
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fremont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fremont is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
  • Chicopee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Chicopee is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
  • Alley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Alley is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
  • Montier
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Montier is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
  • Woodside
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Woodside is located in Oregon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
  • Thomasville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Thomasville is located in Oregon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Low Wassie ...

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

Adding Low Wassie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Low Wassie 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 Low Wassie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Low Wassie post office opened in 1891. The Low Wassie post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Low Wassie.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Shannon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Low Wassie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Low Wassie area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Low Wassie area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/