RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Missouri >> Putnam County >> SidneyIndex...

Welcome to Sidney ...

Sidney is located in Putnam County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sidney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Sidney is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Sidney: 660

Communities Also Named Sidney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Sidney - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, British Columbia, Colorado (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Montana (3), Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), North Dakota (2), Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Sidney ...

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

  • Kirksville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Milan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Milan is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <3>
  • Unionville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lancaster
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Queen City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Queen City is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
  • Green City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Green City is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
  • Greentop
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Novinger
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Novinger is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
  • Cincinnati
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Cincinnati is located in Appanoose County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cincinnati
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
  • Greencastle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sidney ...

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

Adding Sidney to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sidney post office opened in 1889. The Sidney post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sidney.

Footnotes ...

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