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Welcome to Prior ...

Prior is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Prior is located in Douglas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prior, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Prior is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Prior: 417

Communities Also Named Prior ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Prior - they are located in Georgia and Ontario.

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

Communities near Prior ...

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

  • Mountain Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Ava
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Ava is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,905 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ava <3>
  • Willow Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Cabool
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mansfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Norwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Drury
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Drury is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury
  • Buckhart
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Buckhart is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhart
  • Gentryville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Gentryville is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
  • Dunn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dunn is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
    • Former name for Dunn:
    • Impo

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prior ...

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

Adding Prior to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Prior 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 (so far) for Prior was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Prior post office opened in 1894. The Prior post office closed in 1939.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Prior.

Footnotes ...

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