MO DPO #147 with Alanthus, MO manuscript town marking - 1879

The post office at Alanthus (historically referred to as Alanthus Grove) in Gentry County, Missouri, had the following operational lifespan:

Open Date: Established on November 19, 1850, with Abraham Enyart serving as the community's first postmaster.

Close Date: Discontinued and permanently closed in 1906, after which local mail operations were consolidated into larger nearby regional networks.