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Welcome to Auter ...

Auter is located in Sharkey County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Auter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

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

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

Area Codes for Auter: 662 & 471<3>

Communities near Auter ...

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

  • Hollandale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Belzoni
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rolling Fork
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Anguilla
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Isola
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Arcola
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Arcola is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
  • Silver City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Silver City is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
  • Louise
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Louise is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
  • Delta City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Delta City is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta City
  • Murphy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Auter ...

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

Adding Auter to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Auter post office opened in 1888. The Auter post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Auter.

Footnotes ...

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