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Welcome to Montserrat ...

Montserrat is located in Johnson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Montserrat, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Montserrat is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Montserrat ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Montserrat - it's located in Massachusetts.

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

Communities near Montserrat ...

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

  • Warrensburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Windsor
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Knob Noster
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Concordia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Sweet Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • La Monte
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Leeton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Leeton is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
  • Green Ridge
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Ridge is located in Pettis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
  • Chilhowee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Chilhowee is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
  • Centerview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Montserrat ...

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

Adding Montserrat to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Montserrat post office opened in 1872. The Montserrat post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Montserrat.

Footnotes ...

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