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Welcome to Bay Village ...

Bay Village is primarily located in Cross County<1>. A portion of Bay Village extends into Poinsett County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bay Village, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

A typical abbreviation for Bay Village: Bay Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Bay Village is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bay Village: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Bay Village ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Bay Village - they are located in Massachusetts and Ohio.

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

Communities near Bay Village ...

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

  • Wynne
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Trumann
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Marked Tree
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Harrisburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Earle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Earle is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,164 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earle <4>
  • Parkin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Tyronza
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Weiner
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Weiner is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
  • Cherry Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Ridge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bay Village ...

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

Adding Bay Village to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bay Village post office opened in 1877. The Bay Village post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bay Village.

Footnotes ...

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