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Welcome to Zell ...

Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Zell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

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

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

Area Codes for Zell: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Zell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Zell - it's located in South Dakota.

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

Communities near Zell ...

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

  • Farmington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Chester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Sainte Genevieve
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Red Bud
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Evansville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bloomsdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloomsdale is also located in Sainte Genevieve County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomsdale <4>
  • Prairie du Rocher
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Prairie du Rocher is located in Randolph County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Rocher
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
    • Prairie du Rocher has also been known as:
    • Prairie du Rocher village
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie du Rocher <4>
  • Rocky Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rocky Ridge is also located in Sainte Genevieve County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
  • Saint Mary
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Mary is also located in Sainte Genevieve County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Mary <4>
  • Ellis Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Zell ...

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

Adding Zell to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Zell post office opened in 1881. The Zell post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Zell.

Footnotes ...

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