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Welcome to Waldo ...

Waldo is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Waldo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Waldo is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Waldo: 816 & 975<3>

Communities Also Named Waldo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Waldo: This one is located in Jackson County and the other is located in Webster County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 20 communities that are also named Waldo - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Waldo ...

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

  • Kansas City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Overland Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Kansas City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Olathe
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Olathe is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olathe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141,665 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olathe <4>
  • Independence
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lee's Summit
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Shawnee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Shawnee is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,298 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawnee <4>
  • Blue Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Lenexa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lenexa is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenexa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,156 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenexa <4>
  • Liberty
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waldo ...

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

Adding Waldo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Waldo post office opened in 1899. The Waldo post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waldo.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waldo - 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 816 code has been Overlayed with the 975 area code. New phone numbers in the Waldo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 816 or 975. As a result, placing a call in the Waldo 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/