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Welcome to School ...

School is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

School is located in Stone County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of School, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

School is 1,290 feet [393 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for School: 417

Communities Also Named School ...

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

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

Communities near School ...

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

  • Springfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Nixa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Nixa is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
    • Former name for Nixa:
    • Faught
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <3>
  • Ozark
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Ozark is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,052 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ozark <3>
  • Republic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Aurora
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Battlefield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Battlefield is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
  • Clever
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Clever is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clever
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clever <3>
  • Marionville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Crane
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Billings
    (8 miles [12.9 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 School. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for School.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for School ...

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

Adding School to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of School 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 (so far) for School was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the School post office opened in 1891. The School post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for School.

Footnotes ...

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