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Welcome to Abney ...

Abney is located in Itawamba County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Abney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Abney is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Abney: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Abney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Abney - they are located in Louisiana, Prince Edward Island, South Carolina and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Abney ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Abney ...

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

Adding Abney to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Abney post office opened in 1884. The Abney post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Abney.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Itawamba, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Abney - 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 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Abney area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Abney 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/