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Local Information for Joplin, MO

Latitude: 37.07776 -- Longitude: -94.511024

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ZIP Codes for Joplin, Missouri	64801  64802  64803  64804
Area Code for Joplin, Missouri	417
Time zone for Joplin, Missouri	CST

Other Area Cities:   Joplin, MO  Webb City, MO  Carthage, MO 

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Lead was discovered in the Joplin Creek Valley before the Civil War, but it was only after the war that any real development occurred. By 1873 numerous mining camps had sprung up in the valley and resident John C. Cox filed a plan for a city on the east side of the valley. Cox named his village Joplin City after the spring and creek nearby. The namesake comes from the Reverend Harris G. Joplin who founded the first Methodist congregation in the area in mid-century. Carthage resident Patrick Murphy filed a plan for a city on the opposite side of the valley and named it Murphysburg. The cities eventually merged into Union City, but this merger was found illegal and the two cities split. They merged again, this time permanently, a short time later as the City of Joplin. By the turn of the century Joplin was quickly becoming a regional metropolis. Construction centered around Main Street, with many bars, hotels, and fine homes scattered about. -- Source: Wikipedia.com