Welcome to Mingsville ...

Mingsville is located in Wright County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mingsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Mingsville is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mingsville: 417

Communities near Mingsville ...

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

• Hartville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hartville is located in Wright County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 618 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartville <3>
• Plato
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Plato is located in Texas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plato <3>
• Twin Bridges
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Twin Bridges is located in Laclede County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
• Evergreen
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Evergreen is located in Laclede County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
  • Evergreen has also been known as:
  • Evergreen village
• Astoria
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Astoria is located in Wright County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
• Competition
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Competition is located in Laclede County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
• Jerktail ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jerktail is located in Wright County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerktail
• Saint George
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint George is located in Wright County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
• Green Mountain
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Green Mountain is located in Wright County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
• Graff
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Graff is located in Wright County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mingsville ...

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

Adding Mingsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mingsville post office opened in 1871. The Mingsville post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mingsville.