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Welcome to Readsville ...

Readsville is located in Callaway County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Readsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.

Readsville is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Readsville: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Readsville ...

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

  • Fulton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Fulton is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,549 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <4>
  • Montgomery City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hermann
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Auxvasse
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • New Florence
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Chamois
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Gasconade
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
  • Mokane
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • High Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Kingdom City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Readsville ...

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

Adding Readsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Readsville post office opened in 1856. The Readsville post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Readsville.

Footnotes ...

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