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Welcome to Venus ...

Venus is located in Maries County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Venus, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Venus is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Venus: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Venus ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Venus - they are located in Arkansas, California, Florida (2), Kentucky, Nebraska (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Venus ...

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

  • Belle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Dixon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Dixon is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,457 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <4>
  • Iberia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Vienna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Doolittle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Doolittle is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
  • Newburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Newburg is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
  • Freeburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Freeburg is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
  • Westphalia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Saint Elizabeth
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Saint Thomas
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 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 Venus. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Venus.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Venus ...

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

Adding Venus to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Venus post office opened in 1912. The Venus post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Venus.

Footnotes ...

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