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Welcome to May ...

So far, we found very little information about May. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added May to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with May, please Contact Us.

May would have been located within present day Stone County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of May, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for May is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where May was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where May was located: 870 & 327<4>

Communities Also Named May ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arkansas communities named May: This one is located in Stone County and the other is located in Garland County.

Beyond Arkansas, there are 19 communities that are also named May - they are located in California (2), Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near May ...

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

  • Mountain View
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Calico Rock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Marshall
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Norfork
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Leslie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fifty-Six
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Gilbert
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Onia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Onia is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
  • Alco
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Alco is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
  • Harriet
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

Adding May to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of May in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for May was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the May post office opened in 1911. The May post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for May.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about May, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Stone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around May - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 May area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the May area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/