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Welcome to Chelford ...

Chelford is located in Mississippi County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chelford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Chelford is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Chelford and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Chelford: 870 & 327<3>

Communities near Chelford ...

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

  • Trumann
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Osceola
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Osceola is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,576 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <4>
  • Marked Tree
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Lepanto
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Caraway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Wilson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Wilson is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
  • Tyronza
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Keiser
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Keiser is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
  • Turrell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Joiner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Joiner is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 495 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 Chelford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chelford.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chelford ...

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

Adding Chelford to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Chelford post office opened in 1908. The Chelford post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chelford.

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 Chelford - 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 Chelford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Chelford 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/