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Welcome to Barto ...

Barto is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barto, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Barto is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Barto: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Barto ...

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

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

Communities near Barto ...

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

  • McComb
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Magnolia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Summit
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tylertown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Osyka
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bacots
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bacots is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacots
  • Topisaw
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Topisaw is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
  • Bear Town
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Bear Town is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
  • Smithburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Smithburg is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithburg
  • Chatawa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Chatawa is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatawa

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barto ...

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

Adding Barto to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barto 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 Barto was on a map titled Map of Mississippi (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barto.

Footnotes ...

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