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Welcome to Plymouth ...

Plymouth is located in Carroll County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Plymouth, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Plymouth is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Plymouth: 660

Communities Also Named Plymouth ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Plymouth - they are located in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (3), Kansas (3), Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia (2), Ohio (3), Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Plymouth ...

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

  • Chillicothe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Carrollton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamilton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Braymer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Polo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Polo is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Polo <3>
  • Hale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hale is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
  • Breckenridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Breckenridge is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
  • Kingston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Kingston is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
  • Utica
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Utica is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Cowgill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Plymouth ...

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

Adding Plymouth to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Plymouth post office opened in 1877. The Plymouth post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plymouth.

Footnotes ...

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