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Welcome to Ashley ...

Ashley is located in Copiah County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ashley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Ashley is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ashley: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Ashley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Ashley - they are located in Delaware, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Ashley ...

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

  • Brookhaven
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Crystal Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hazlehurst
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Wesson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Monticello
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • New Hebron
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Beauregard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Beauregard is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
  • Georgetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
  • Martinsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Martinsville is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Tryus
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tryus is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ashley ...

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

Adding Ashley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ashley post office opened in 1890. The Ashley post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ashley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Copiah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ashley - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Ashley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Ashley 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/