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Welcome to Oak Mound ...

Oak Mound is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Oak Mound is located in Ozark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Mound, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Oak Mound is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Oak Mound: 417

Communities Also Named Oak Mound ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Oak Mound - it's located in Illinois.

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

Communities near Oak Mound ...

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

  • West Plains
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Gainesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Bakersfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bakersfield is located in Ozark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Elijah
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Elijah is located in Ozark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elijah
  • Caulfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dora
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Pottersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pottersville is located in Howell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersville
  • Tecumseh
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Trail
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Trail is located in Ozark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
  • Zanoni ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Zanoni is located in Ozark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zanoni

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oak Mound ...

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

Adding Oak Mound to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Oak Mound post office opened in 1888. The Oak Mound post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak Mound.

Footnotes ...

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