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Welcome to Smithboro ...

Smithboro is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Smithboro is located in Reynolds County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Smithboro, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Smithboro is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Smithboro: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Smithboro ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Smithboro - they are located in Georgia, Illinois, New York and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Smithboro ...

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

  • Piedmont
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ironton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ellington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pilot Knob
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Arcadia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Annapolis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Centerville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Des Arc
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Des Arc is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Arc
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
  • Lesterville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Redford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Redford is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redford

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Smithboro ...

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

Adding Smithboro to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Smithboro 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 Smithboro was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Smithboro post office opened in 1901. The Smithboro post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Smithboro.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Reynolds, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Smithboro - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Smithboro area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Smithboro area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/