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Welcome to Tolona ...

Tolona is located in Lewis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tolona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Tolona is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Tolona ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Tolona - it's located in Georgia.

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

Communities near Tolona ...

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

  • Canton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • La Grange
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • La Belle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lewistown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Knox City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bethel
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Monticello
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Monticello is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Newark
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Sellers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sellers is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
  • New Court Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • New Court Village is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Court Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tolona ...

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

Adding Tolona to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tolona post office opened in 1872. The Tolona post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tolona.

Footnotes ...

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