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Welcome to Tilden ...

Tilden is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Tilden is located in Dallas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tilden, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Tilden is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Tilden: 417

Communities Also Named Tilden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Tilden - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Tilden ...

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

  • Lebanon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Buffalo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Conway
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Urbana
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Urbana have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
    • Urbana is located in Dallas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Urbana <3>
  • Macks Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Phillipsburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phillipsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
    • Phillipsburg is located in Laclede County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phillipsburg <3>
  • Halfway
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halfway have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
    • Halfway is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
  • Louisburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
    • Louisburg is located in Dallas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
  • Long Lane
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lane
    • Long Lane is located in Dallas County
  • Leadmine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadmine
    • Leadmine is located in Dallas County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tilden ...

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

Adding Tilden to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tilden post office opened in 1887.

We also found Tilden in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tilden.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Dallas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tilden - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/