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Welcome to Central Academy ...

Central Academy is located in Panola County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Central Academy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

Central Academy is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Central Academy: 662 & 471<3>

Communities near Central Academy ...

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

  • Oxford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • 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>
  • Batesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Water Valley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sardis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Como
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Como is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <4>
  • Courtland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Courtland is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
  • Oakland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Taylor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Pope
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pope is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
  • Alesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Alesville is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Central Academy ...

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

Adding Central Academy to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Central Academy post office opened in 1855. The Central Academy post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Central Academy.

Footnotes ...

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