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Welcome to Pershing ...

Pershing is located in Gasconade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pershing, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

Pershing is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pershing: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Pershing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Pershing - they are located in Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma and Texas.

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

Communities near Pershing ...

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

  • Owensville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Hermann
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Linn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Linn is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <4>
  • Gerald
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Bland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Bland is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <4>
  • Rosebud
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Chamois
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Berger
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gasconade
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
  • Mokane
    (15 miles [24.1 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 Pershing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pershing.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pershing ...

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

Adding Pershing to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pershing post office opened in 1918. The Pershing post office closed in 1959.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pershing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Gasconade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pershing - 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 Pershing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Pershing 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/