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Welcome to Dess ...

Dess is located in Sabine Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dess, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

Dess is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dess: 318 & 457<3>

Communities near Dess ...

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

  • Many
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Many is located in Sabine Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Many
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,667 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Many <4>
  • Zwolle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hemphill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Anacoco
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Florien
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hornbeck
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Noble
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Fisher
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Corleyville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Corleyville is located in Sabine Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corleyville
  • Toro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Toro is located in Sabine Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toro

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dess ...

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

Adding Dess to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dess post office opened in 1918. The Dess post office closed in 1946.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dess.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Sabine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dess - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Dess area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Dess 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/