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Welcome to Ponder ...

Ponder is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Ponder is located in Ripley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ponder, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Ponder is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ponder: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Ponder ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Ponder - they are located in Georgia, Texas and Washington.

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

Communities near Ponder ...

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

  • Doniphan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Maynard
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Grandin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Grandin is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
  • Success
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Success is located in Clay County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
  • Datto
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Datto is located in Clay County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
  • Briar
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Briar is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
  • Gatewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Gatewood is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
  • Supply
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Warm Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Middlebrook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ponder ...

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

Adding Ponder to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ponder post office opened in 1888. The Ponder post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ponder.

Footnotes ...

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