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Welcome to Bates Park ...

Bates Park is located in Rankin County<1>.

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

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

Area Codes for Bates Park: 601 & 769<3>

Communities near Bates Park ...

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

  • Jackson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Madison
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Brandon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Ridgeland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Clinton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Byram
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Flowood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Richland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Florence
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Raymond
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bates Park ...

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

Footnotes ...

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