Welcome to Scopus ...
Scopus is located in Bollinger County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Scopus, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.
Time Zone: Scopus lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Scopus: 573 & 235<2>
Adding Scopus to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Scopus 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 Scopus was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Scopus post office opened in 1887.
We also found Scopus in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Scopus.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Bollinger, 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 Scopus area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Scopus 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/ |