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Welcome to Vera ...

Vera is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vera, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Vera is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Vera: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Vera ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Vera - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Saskatchewan, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Vera ...

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

  • Bowling Green
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Vandalia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Louisiana
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • New London
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Eolia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarksville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • New Canton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • New Canton is located in Pike County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
  • Nebo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Nebo is located in Pike County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nebo <4>
  • Frankford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vera ...

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

Adding Vera to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Vera post office opened in 1902. The Vera post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vera.

Footnotes ...

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