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Welcome to Tea ...

Tea is located in Gasconade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tea, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Tea is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tea: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Tea ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Tea - it's located in South Dakota.

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

Communities near Tea ...

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

  • Sullivan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cuba
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Cuba is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,277 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <4>
  • Owensville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bourbon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Belle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Gerald
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Bland is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <4>
  • Oak Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Oak Grove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
    • Oak Grove has also been known as:
    • Oak Grove Village
  • Rosebud
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Leasburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tea ...

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

Adding Tea to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tea post office opened in 1893. The Tea post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tea.

Footnotes ...

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