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Welcome to Lynchburg ...

Lynchburg is located in Nodaway County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lynchburg, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1866.

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

Area Code for Lynchburg: 660

Communities Also Named Lynchburg ...

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

Beyond Missouri, there are 14 communities that are also named Lynchburg - they are located in California, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi (2), North Dakota, Ohio (2), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia (2).

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

Adding Lynchburg to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lynchburg post office opened in 1866.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lynchburg.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Nodaway, 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/