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Welcome to Mentor ...

Mentor is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Mentor is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mentor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Mentor is 1,340 feet [408 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mentor: 417

Communities Also Named Mentor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Mentor: This one is located in Greene County and the other is located in Saint Louis County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 10 communities that are also named Mentor - they are located in Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Mentor ...

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

  • Springfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Nixa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Nixa is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
    • Former name for Nixa:
    • Faught
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <3>
  • Ozark
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Ozark is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,052 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ozark <3>
  • Republic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Battlefield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Battlefield is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
  • Willard
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rogersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Clever
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Clever is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clever
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clever <3>
  • Strafford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Sparta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sparta is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,076 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mentor ...

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

Adding Mentor to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mentor post office opened in 1896. The Mentor post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mentor.

Footnotes ...

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