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Welcome to Coal Oil Corner ...

Coal Oil Corner is located in Marshall County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Coal Oil Corner: Coal Oil Cor. (or less commonly used: Coal Oil Crn.)

Coal Oil Corner is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Coal Oil Corner: 662 & 471<3>

Communities near Coal Oil Corner ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Coal Oil Corner.

  • Southaven
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Collierville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Olive Branch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Germantown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hernando
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Holly Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • New Bethel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • New Bethel is located in Fayette County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,324 people
  • Piperton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Piperton is located in Fayette County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piperton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,128 people
  • Rossville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Barton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Barton is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coal Oil Corner ...

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

Footnotes ...

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