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Welcome to Athelstan ...

Athelstan is located in Mississippi County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Athelstan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Athelstan is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Athelstan: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Athelstan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Athelstan - they are located in Iowa, Missouri and Quebec.

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

Communities near Athelstan ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Athelstan ...

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

Adding Athelstan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Athelstan post office opened in 1888. The Athelstan post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Athelstan.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Mississippi, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Athelstan - 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 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Athelstan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Athelstan 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/