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Welcome to Tyler ...

Tyler is located in the Bootheel of Missouri.

Tyler is located in Pemiscot County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tyler, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Tyler is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tyler: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Tyler ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Tyler - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maryland (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Texas, Utah, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Tyler ...

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

  • Mengelwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Mengelwood is located in Dyer County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
    • Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
  • Dyersburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Blytheville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Caruthersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Gosnell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
  • Daniels Point Landing
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
  • Hayti
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hayti is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,467 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayti <4>
  • Steele
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Powells Ferry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Powells Ferry is located in Lake County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
  • Hayti Heights
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tyler ...

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

Adding Tyler to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tyler post office opened in 1891. The Tyler post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tyler.

Footnotes ...

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