Welcome to Ursa ...

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

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

Area Codes for Ursa: 573 & 235<2>

Communities Also Named Ursa ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Ursa - they are located in Illinois, Louisiana and Ontario.

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

Adding Ursa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ursa 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 for Ursa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Ursa post office opened in 1894.

We also found Ursa on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ursa.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	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 Ursa area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Ursa area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/