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Welcome to Overton ...

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

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

Overton would have been located within present day Webster Parish<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Overton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Overton is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Overton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Overton - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Manitoba, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada (3), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Overton ...

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

  • Haughton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Ringgold
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Sibley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Cotton Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gibsland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Doyline
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dubberly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Athens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Heflin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jamestown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

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

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

Adding Overton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Overton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Overton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Overton post office opened in 1837. The Overton post office closed in 1846.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Overton.

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 Overton, 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 Webster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Overton - 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 Overton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Overton 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/