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Welcome to Curry ...

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

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


Curry would have been located within present day Winn Parish<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Curry, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Curry is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Curry was located: 318 & 457<4>

Communities Also Named Curry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Curry - they are located in Alabama (3), Alaska, Idaho, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Curry ...

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

  • Winnfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Olla
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Olla is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olla
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,371 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olla <5>
  • Urania
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Clarks
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Tullos
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Georgetown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Dodson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Atlanta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Sikes
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Flat Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek

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

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

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

Adding Curry to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Curry post office opened in 1898. The Curry post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Curry.

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 Curry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Winn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Curry - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Curry area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Curry 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/