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Welcome to Not ...

Not is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Not is located in Shannon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Not, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Not is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Not lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Not: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Not ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Not.

  • West Plains
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain View
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Winona
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Alton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Birch Tree
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Brandsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Brandsville is located in Howell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
  • Montier
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Montier is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
  • Thomasville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Thomasville is located in Oregon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
  • Peace Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Peace Valley is located in Howell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Valley
  • Woodside
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodside is located in Oregon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

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 Not. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Not.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Not. 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 Not.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Not. See our Newspapers Page for Not.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Not ...

Looking for more information about Not? 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 Not, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Not.

Adding Not to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Not in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Not was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Not post office opened in 1886. The Not post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Not.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Shannon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Not - 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 Not area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Not 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/