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Welcome to Frenchmans Bayou ...

Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Frenchmans Bayou, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

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

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

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

Area Codes for Frenchmans Bayou: 870 & 327<3>

The ZIP code for Frenchmans Bayou: 72338<4>

Communities near Frenchmans Bayou ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Frenchmans Bayou ...

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

Adding Frenchmans Bayou to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Frenchmans Bayou 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 Frenchmans Bayou was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Frenchmans Bayou post office opened in 1875.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Frenchmans Bayou.

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 Frenchmans Bayou - 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 Frenchmans Bayou area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Frenchmans Bayou area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Frenchmans Bayou). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Frenchmans Bayou or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/