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Welcome to Notch ...

Notch is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Notch is located in Stone County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Notch, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Notch is 1,320 feet [402 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Notch: 417

Communities Also Named Notch ...

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

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

Communities near Notch ...

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

  • Branson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hollister
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hollister is located in Taney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
  • Forsyth
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Kimberling City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Merriam Woods
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Merriam Woods is located in Taney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam Woods
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
  • Highlandville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Reeds Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockaway Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Bull Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bull Creek is located in Taney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
  • Galena
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Notch ...

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

Adding Notch to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Notch post office opened in 1895. The Notch post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Notch.

Footnotes ...

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