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Welcome to Redtop ...

Redtop is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Redtop is located in Dallas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Redtop, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Redtop is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Redtop: 417

Communities Also Named Redtop ...

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

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

Communities near Redtop ...

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

  • Bolivar
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Buffalo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Strafford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Fair Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Conway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Hope
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Niangua
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Niangua is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
  • Morrisville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Phillipsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Redtop ...

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

Adding Redtop to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Redtop 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 Redtop was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Redtop post office opened in 1887. The Redtop post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Redtop.

Footnotes ...

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