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Welcome to Ranger ...

Ranger is located in Dent County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ranger, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Ranger is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ranger: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Ranger ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Ranger - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Ranger ...

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

  • Salem
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Licking
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Raymondville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Edgar Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jack
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jack is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
  • Lenox
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Lenox is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
  • Darien
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Darien is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
  • Sherrill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Sherrill is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
  • Jadwin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jadwin is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
  • Beulah
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Beulah is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ranger ...

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

Adding Ranger to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ranger post office opened in 1896. The Ranger post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ranger.

Footnotes ...

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