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Welcome to Buena Vista ...

Buena Vista is located in Chickasaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buena Vista, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847.

Buena Vista is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Buena Vista: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Buena Vista ...

While we believe that this Buena Vista is located in Chickasaw County, we know of another 2 Mississippi communities named Buena Vista. Those communities are located in the following counties: Jefferson and Tippah County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 87 communities that are also named Buena Vista - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas, California (8), Colorado, Florida (4), Georgia (3), Illinois (2), Indiana (4), Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Maryland (2), Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico (5), New York, North Carolina (4), Ohio (5), Oregon, Pennsylvania (6), Saskatchewan, Tennessee (2), Texas (9), Utah (3), Virginia (3), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Buena Vista ...

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

  • Aberdeen
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Houston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Okolona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Nettleton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Shannon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Vardaman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • New Houlka
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • New Houlka is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Houlka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 601 people
    • Former names for New Houlka:
    • Houlka
    • Old Houlka
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Houlka <4>
  • Mantee
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mantee is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
  • Woodland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodland is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
  • Egypt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Egypt is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buena Vista ...

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

Adding Buena Vista to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Buena Vista post office opened in 1847. The Buena Vista post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buena Vista.

Footnotes ...

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