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Welcome to Barr ...

Barr is located in Tate County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barr, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Barr is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Barr: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Barr ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Barr - they are located in Colorado (2), Georgia, Illinois (3), Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Barr ...

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

  • Hernando
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Senatobia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Coldwater
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Sardis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Byhalia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Como
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Como is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <4>
  • Abbeville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Tyro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Tyro is located in Tate County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
  • Wyatte
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Wyatte is located in Tate County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatte
  • Poagville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Poagville is located in Tate County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barr ...

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

Adding Barr to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Barr post office opened in 1899. The Barr post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barr.

Footnotes ...

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