Welcome to Old Ditch ...

So far, we found very little information about Old Ditch. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Old Ditch to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Old Ditch - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Old Ditch, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Old Ditch , we believe that it would have been located within present day Jefferson County<2>.

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

Time Zone: The area where Old Ditch was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Old Ditch was located: 636

Adding Old Ditch to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Old Ditch 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 for Old Ditch was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Old Ditch post office opened in 1872.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Old Ditch.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Old Ditch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/