Post Offices in Mississippi County, MO

Mississippi County was established on Feb 14, 1845. The County Seat is Charleston. Mississippi was formed from territory taken from the following counties: Scott

The current population is 13,489 people and the area is 413 sq. mi.

The county seat is displayed in oblique & bold face. Towns that have more than 4 opening/close dates or are current have links to complete information.

Post Office	Service
Anniston	1894-Present
Belmont	1869-1923
Belmont Landing	1867-1868
Bertrand	1874-Present
Bird Point	1893-1913
Birds Point	1859-1863
Birdsville	See details
Buckeye	1895-1919
Byngs	1890-1895
*Charleston*	1847-Present
Crosno	1890-1934
Culbry	1919
Dermons Mills	1879-1883
Deventer	1910-1955
Dirk	1905-1916
Dorena	1899-1915, 1919-1973
East Prairie	1872, 1879-Present
Forest Grove	1860-1863

Post Office	Service
Fuget	1885-1886, 1915-1932
Hainley’s Switch	1890-1894
Henson	See details
Hopewell	1852-1867
Hunter	1888-1889
James Bayou	See details
Matthews Prairie	1846-1847
Medley	1880-1913, 1916-1927
Metalbound	1905-1907
Norfolk	1849-1852, 1854-1855
Ohio City	1846-1849
Payne	1892-1895
Rush Ridge	1858-1861
Samos	1884-1885, 1908-1938
Sands	1902-1908
Three States	1893-1899
Whiting	1889-1909
Wolf Island	1846-1860, 1868-Present
Wyatt	1895-Present

Key to Markings
S	Spray Postmarks
P	Precancels Exist
T	Territorial Period
71	Cancels from 7-1-71 Affair

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There are 37 post offices listed for Mississippi County.

Post office information from “Missouri Post Offices 1804-1981” ©1982 - Robert G. Schultz. Used with permission of author. Additional info on zip codes, markings and distances come from various members of MOPOHISSOC.

All post offices for Mississippi County have been added to the database.
Note: Researchers only listed for towns that have specific researchers separate from the overall county.

Remember, this site is primarily concerned with POSTAL history and makes no claims regarding genealogical research.

List updated: 26 May 2008 22:18

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