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Welcome to Oyer ...

Oyer is located in Saint Clair County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oyer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Oyer is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Oyer ...

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

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

Communities near Oyer ...

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

  • El Dorado Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Stockton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Appleton City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Humansville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Osceola
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lowry City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Weaubleau
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Schell City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Rockville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockville is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
  • Collins
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oyer ...

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

Adding Oyer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oyer in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Oyer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Oyer post office opened in 1882. The Oyer post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oyer.

Footnotes ...

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