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Welcome to Burt ...

Burt is located in Lafayette County<1>.

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

Burt is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Burt: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Burt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Burt - they are located in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Burt ...

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

  • Oxford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Oxford is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,635 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <4>
  • New Albany
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Thaxton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory Flat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Myrtle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Potts Camp
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Abbeville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Toccopola
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Toccopola is located in Pontotoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccopola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Cornersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cornersville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
  • Darden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Darden is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burt ...

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

Adding Burt to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Burt post office opened in 1901. The Burt post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Burt.

Footnotes ...

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