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Welcome to March ...

March is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

March is located in Dallas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of March, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

March is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for March: 417

Communities Also Named March ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named March - they are located in Arkansas, California, Minnesota and South Dakota.

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

Communities near March ...

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

  • Bolivar
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Marshfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Buffalo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Strafford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Fair Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Conway
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Hope
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Niangua
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Niangua is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
  • Morrisville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Phillipsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for March ...

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

Adding March to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the March post office opened in 1888. The March post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for March.

Footnotes ...

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