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Welcome to Strain ...

Strain is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Strain, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Strain is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Strain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Strain - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia and Texas.

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

Communities near Strain ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Strain ...

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

Adding Strain to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Strain post office opened in 1903. The Strain post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Strain.

Footnotes ...

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