Welcome to San Antonio ...

San Antonio is located in Buchanan County<1>.

The location of San Antonio has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of San Antonio, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1855.

When the people of San Antonio refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use San Antonian<3>

San Antonio is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

San Antonio is located in the (816) area code.

Communities Also Named San Antonio ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named San Antonio - they are located in California (5), Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico (4) and Texas.

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

Communities near San Antonio ...

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

• Saint Joseph
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
  • Saint Joseph is located in Buchanan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,074 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Joseph <5>
• Savannah
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah
  • Savannah is located in Andrew County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,168 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savannah <5>
• Country Club
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Country Club have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
  • Country Club is located in Andrew County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
• Plattsburg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plattsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
  • Plattsburg is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,242 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plattsburg <5>
• Gower
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower
  • Gower is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,453 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gower <5>
• Wathena
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wathena
  • Wathena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,272 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wathena <5>
• Elwood
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
  • Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
• Maysville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maysville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Maysville is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,073 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maysville <5>
• Stewartsville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewartsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
  • Stewartsville is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 729 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stewartsville <5>
• Agency
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agency
  • Agency is located in Buchanan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Agency <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San Antonio ...

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

Adding San Antonio to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of San Antonio 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 for San Antonio was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the San Antonio post office opened in 1855.

We also found San Antonio in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for San Antonio.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for San Antonio. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Buchanan County: www.co.buchanan.mo.us/

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/