Welcome to Van Buren ...
So far, we found very little information about Van Buren. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Van Buren to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Van Buren - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Van Buren, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Van Buren , we believe that it would have been located within present day Osage County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Van Buren, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1956.
Time Zone: The area where Van Buren was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Van Buren once stood is in the (573) area code.
Communities Also Named Van Buren ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Van Buren: This one is located in Osage County and the other is located in Carter County.
Beyond Missouri, there are 20 communities that are also named Van Buren - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New York (2), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Van Buren.
Adding Van Buren to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Van Buren 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 Van Buren was on a map titled Road Map for Missouri (from Shell Oil, 1956).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Van Buren.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Van Buren, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Osage, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |