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Welcome to Billups ...

Billups is located in Lowndes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Billups, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Billups is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Billups: 662 & 471<3>

Communities near Billups ...

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

  • Starkville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Columbus
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • West Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Brooksville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Crawford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Artesia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Artesia is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
  • Sessums
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Clayton Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Clayton Village is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Village
  • Waverly
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Waverly is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
  • Fairport ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairport is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Billups ...

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

Adding Billups to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Billups post office opened in 1901. The Billups post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Billups.

Footnotes ...

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