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Welcome to Barlow ...

Barlow is located in Copiah County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barlow, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Barlow is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Barlow: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Barlow ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Barlow - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Yukon.

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

Communities near Barlow ...

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

  • Hazlehurst
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Wesson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Utica
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Beauregard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Beauregard is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
  • Allen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Allen is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Bowerton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bowerton is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
  • Glancy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Glancy is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glancy
  • Caseyville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
  • Carlisle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Carlisle is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
  • Carpenter
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Carpenter is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barlow ...

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

Adding Barlow to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Barlow post office opened in 1885. The Barlow post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barlow.

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 Barlow - 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 Barlow area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Barlow 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/