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Welcome to Saint George ...

Saint George is located in Wright County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint George, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

A typical abbreviation for Saint George: St. George

Saint George is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Saint George: 417

Communities Also Named Saint George ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Saint George: This one is located in Wright County and the other is located in Saint Louis County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 23 communities that are also named Saint George - they are located in Alaska, Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Manitoba, Minnesota, Nevada, New Brunswick, New York, North Dakota, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Saint George ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint George ...

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

Adding Saint George to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Saint George post office opened in 1872. The Saint George post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint George.

Footnotes ...

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