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Welcome to Minimum ...

Minimum is located in Iron County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Minimum, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Minimum is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Minimum: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Minimum ...

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

  • Piedmont
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Ironton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Pilot Knob
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Arcadia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Greenville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Annapolis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Des Arc
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Des Arc is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Arc
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
  • Brunot
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Brunot is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunot
  • Sabula
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sabula is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabula
  • Vulcan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Vulcan is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Minimum ...

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

Adding Minimum to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Minimum 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 Minimum was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Minimum post office opened in 1904. The Minimum post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Minimum.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Iron, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Minimum - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Minimum area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Minimum area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/