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Welcome to Stringtown ...

Stringtown is located in Cole County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stringtown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Stringtown is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Stringtown: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Stringtown ...

While we believe that this Stringtown is located in Cole County, we know of another 5 Missouri communities named Stringtown. Those communities are located in the following counties: Butler, Jasper, Laclede, Madison and Saint Louis County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 80 communities that are also named Stringtown - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana (6), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (12), Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana (2), Ohio (14), Oklahoma (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), Tennessee (6), Texas (6), Virginia (3), Washington (2) and West Virginia (6).

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

Communities near Stringtown ...

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

  • Jefferson City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jefferson City is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
    • Jefferson City has also been known as:
    • Jeff City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <4>
  • Eldon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Holts Summit
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • California
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Ashland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Wardsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Wardsville is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
  • Saint Martins
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Saint Martins is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
  • Taos
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Taos is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
  • Russellville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • New Bloomfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stringtown ...

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

Adding Stringtown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stringtown post office opened in 1851. The Stringtown post office closed in 1882.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stringtown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Cole, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stringtown - 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 Stringtown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Stringtown 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/