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Welcome to Barbara ...

Barbara is located in Perry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barbara, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Barbara is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Barbara: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Barbara ...

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

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

Communities near Barbara ...

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

  • Wiggins
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Beaumont
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Beaumont is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
  • New Augusta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • McLain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • McLain is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
  • Brooklyn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Wingate
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Wingate is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
  • Carnes
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Carnes is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes
  • Bexley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Bexley is located in George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexley
  • McLaurin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • McLaurin is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLaurin
  • McHenry
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • McHenry is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barbara ...

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

Adding Barbara to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Barbara post office opened in 1892. The Barbara post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barbara.

Footnotes ...

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