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Welcome to West Eminence ...

West Eminence is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

West Eminence is located in Shannon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Eminence, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

A typical abbreviation for West Eminence: W. Eminence

West Eminence is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West Eminence: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near West Eminence ...

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

  • Winona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Birch Tree
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Summersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Round Spring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
  • Montier
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Montier is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
  • Fremont
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fremont is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
  • Hartshorn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
  • Akers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Akers is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
  • Gila
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Gila is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
  • Mountain View
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Eminence ...

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

Adding West Eminence to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the West Eminence post office opened in 1910. The West Eminence post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Eminence.

Footnotes ...

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