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Welcome to Neola ...

Neola is located in Dade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Neola, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Neola is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Neola: 417

Communities Also Named Neola ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Neola - they are located in Iowa, Kansas (2), Pennsylvania, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Neola ...

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

  • Stockton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Greenfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lockwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockwood is located in Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
  • Walnut Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Golden City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fair Play
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Everton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jerico Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
  • Dadeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • South Greenfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • South Greenfield is located in Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Neola ...

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

Adding Neola to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Neola post office opened in 1897. The Neola post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Neola.

Footnotes ...

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