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Welcome to Campbellton ...

So far, we found very little information about Campbellton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Campbellton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Campbellton, please Contact Us.

Campbellton would have been located within present day Lee County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Campbellton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Campbellton is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Campbellton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Campbellton was located: 662 & 471<4>

Communities Also Named Campbellton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Campbellton - they are located in British Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Missouri (2), New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario (3), Prince Edward Island (3), Quebec, South Carolina and Texas.

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

Communities near Campbellton ...

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

  • Tupelo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • New Albany
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Booneville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Saltillo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Baldwyn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Verona
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Plantersville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Mantachie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sherman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jumpertown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people

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

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

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

Adding Campbellton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Campbellton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Campbellton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Campbellton post office opened in 1846. The Campbellton post office closed in 1866.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Campbellton.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Campbellton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Campbellton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Campbellton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Campbellton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/