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Welcome to Barrontown ...

Barrontown is located in Forrest County<1>.

Barrontown is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Barrontown: 601 & 769<3>

Communities near Barrontown ...

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

  • Hattiesburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Petal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Petal is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,692 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petal <4>
  • Ellisville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Purvis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Sumrall
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Richton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • New Augusta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Goodluck
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Goodluck is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
  • West Hattiesburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
  • Lux
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lux is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barrontown ...

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

Footnotes ...

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