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Welcome to Timber ...

Timber is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Timber is located in Shannon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Timber, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Timber is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Timber: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Timber ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Timber - they are located in Oregon and Texas.

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

Communities near Timber ...

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

  • Eminence
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Summersville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bunker
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Round Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
  • Akers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Akers is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
  • Gila
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Gila is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
  • Jadwin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jadwin is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
  • Alley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Alley is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
  • Darien
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Darien is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
  • Doss
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Doss is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Timber ...

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

Adding Timber to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Timber post office opened in 1894. The Timber post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Timber.

Footnotes ...

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