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Welcome to Owls Bend ...

Owls Bend is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Owls Bend is located in Shannon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Owls Bend, you might consider that their post office opened in 1923.

A typical abbreviation for Owls Bend: Owls Bnd.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Owls Bend for more information about variations on the name of Owls Bend.

Owls Bend is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Owls Bend: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Owls Bend ...

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

  • Winona
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ellington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Van Buren
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Eminence
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Bunker
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Fruit City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Fruit City is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit City
  • Round Spring
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
  • Alley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Alley is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
  • Corridon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Corridon is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corridon
  • Fremont
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Fremont is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Owls Bend ...

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

Adding Owls Bend to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Owls Bend 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 Owls Bend was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Owls Bend post office opened in 1923. The Owls Bend post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Owls Bend.

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 Owls Bend - 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 Owls Bend area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Owls Bend 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/