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Welcome to Umpire ...

Umpire is located in Wright County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Umpire, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Umpire is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Umpire: 417

Communities Also Named Umpire ...

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

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

Communities near Umpire ...

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

  • Marshfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Ava
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Ava is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,905 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ava <3>
  • Seymour
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Mansfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Fordland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Norwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hartville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Niangua
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Niangua is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
  • Diggins
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Diggins is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diggins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 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 Umpire. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Umpire.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Umpire ...

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

Adding Umpire to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Umpire 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 (so far) for Umpire was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Umpire post office opened in 1884. The Umpire post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Umpire.

Footnotes ...

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