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Welcome to Avera ...

Avera is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Avera, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Avera is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Avera: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Avera ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Avera - it's located in Georgia.

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

Communities near Avera ...

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

  • Richton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Beaumont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaumont is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
  • Leakesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • New Augusta
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • State Line
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • McLain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • McLain is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
  • Carson City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Carson City is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson City
  • Clark
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Hillman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mulberry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Avera ...

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

Adding Avera to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Avera post office opened in 1882. The Avera post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Avera.

Footnotes ...

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