Welcome to Rufus ...

Rufus is located in Dent County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rufus, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

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

Area Codes for Rufus: 573 & 235<2>

Communities Also Named Rufus ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Rufus - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Rufus to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rufus 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 for Rufus was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Rufus post office opened in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rufus.

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>	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 Rufus area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Rufus area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/