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Welcome to Magill ...

Magill is located in Daviess County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Magill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Magill is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Magill: 660

Communities Also Named Magill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Magill - it's located in Iowa.

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

Communities near Magill ...

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

  • Chillicothe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Gallatin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hamilton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jamesport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Gilman City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Breckenridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Breckenridge is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
  • Pattonsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Kingston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingston is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
  • Kidder
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Winston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Winston is located in Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 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 Magill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Magill.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Magill ...

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

Adding Magill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Magill post office opened in 1900. The Magill post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Magill.

Footnotes ...

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