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Welcome to Miles Point ...

Miles Point is located in Carroll County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Miles Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

A typical abbreviation for Miles Point: Miles Pt.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Miles Point for more information about variations on the name of Miles Point.

Miles Point is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Miles Point: 660

Communities Also Named Miles Point ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Miles Point - it's located in Indiana.

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

Communities near Miles Point ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Miles Point ...

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

Adding Miles Point to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Miles Point post office opened in 1858. The Miles Point post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Miles Point.

Footnotes ...

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