Welcome to Philander ...

Philander is located in Gentry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Philander, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

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

Area Code for Philander: 660

Communities Also Named Philander ...

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

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

Adding Philander to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Philander 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 Philander was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Philander post office opened in 1858.

We also found Philander in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Philander.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Gentry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/