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Welcome to Trail ...

Trail is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Trail is located in Ozark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Trail, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Trail is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Trail: 417

Communities Also Named Trail ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Trail - they are located in British Columbia, Kansas, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon.

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

Communities near Trail ...

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

  • Gainesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bakersfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Bakersfield is located in Ozark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Dora
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Richville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Richville is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
  • Brixey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Brixey is located in Ozark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brixey
  • Rockbridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Zanoni ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Zanoni is located in Ozark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zanoni
  • Gentryville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Gentryville is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
  • Buckhart
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Buckhart is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhart
  • Drury
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Drury is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Trail ...

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

Adding Trail to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Trail post office opened in 1890. The Trail post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Trail.

Footnotes ...

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