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Welcome to Haile ...

Haile is located in Union Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Haile, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Haile is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Haile: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Haile ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Haile - they are located in Florida and New Mexico.

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

Communities near Haile ...

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

  • Bastrop
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Farmerville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Sterlington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Marion
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Huttig
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Huttig is located in Union County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huttig
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
  • Collinston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Felsenthal
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Felsenthal is located in Union County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felsenthal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
  • Ouachita City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairbanks
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakland
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Haile. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Haile.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Haile ...

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

Adding Haile to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Haile post office opened in 1904. The Haile post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Haile.

Footnotes ...

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