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Welcome to Pisgah ...

Pisgah is located in Cooper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pisgah, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

Pisgah is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Pisgah: 660

Communities Also Named Pisgah ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Pisgah - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (3), California, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi (3), North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee (4), Texas (2), Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Pisgah ...

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

  • Boonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • California
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tipton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • New Franklin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Pilot Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Otterville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jamestown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Bunceton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Clarksburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Clarksburg is located in Moniteau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
  • Windsor Place village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Windsor Place village is located in Cooper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Place village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
    • Windsor Place village has also been known as:
    • Windsor Place village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pisgah ...

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

Adding Pisgah to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pisgah 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 Pisgah was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pisgah post office opened in 1848. The Pisgah post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pisgah.

Footnotes ...

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