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Welcome to Potts ...

Potts is located in Osage County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Potts, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Potts is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Potts: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Potts ...

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

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

Communities near Potts ...

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

  • Owensville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Linn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • 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>
  • Belle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Taos
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Taos is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
  • Bland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • Freeburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Freeburg is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
  • Chamois
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Westphalia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Gasconade
    (18 miles [29 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
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Potts ...

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

Adding Potts to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Potts post office opened in 1905. The Potts post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Potts.

Footnotes ...

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