Welcome to Vinton ...

So far, we found very little information about Vinton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Vinton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Vinton - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Vinton, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Vinton , we believe that it would have been located within present day Bates County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vinton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Time Zone: The area where Vinton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Vinton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Vinton - they are located in California, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio (2), Quebec, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Adding Vinton to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Vinton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Vinton post office opened in 1871.

We also found Vinton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vinton.

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 Vinton, 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 Bates, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/