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Welcome to Massee ...

Massee is located in Cook County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Massee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

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

Time Zone: Massee lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Massee: 229

Communities near Massee ...

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

  • Adel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Nashville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Lakeland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Hahira
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Sparks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Enigma
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Omega
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ray City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Franklinville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Franklinville is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinville
    • Estimated population in 2019: 971 people
  • Lenox
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Massee ...

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

Adding Massee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Massee 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 Massee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Massee post office opened in 1900. The Massee post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Massee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Cook, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Massee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/