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Welcome to Janie ...

Janie is located in Natchitoches Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Janie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Janie is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Janie: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Janie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Janie - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Janie ...

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

  • Colfax
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Boyce
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Montgomery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Natchez
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Simpson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Flatwoods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Cloutierville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Derry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Derry is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
  • Lena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Marco
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Marco is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Janie ...

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

Adding Janie to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Janie post office opened in 1915. The Janie post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Janie.

Footnotes ...

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