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Welcome to Coles ...

Coles is located in Amite County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Coles, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Coles is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Coles: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Coles ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Coles - they are located in Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania and Rhode Island (2).

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

Communities near Coles ...

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

  • Centreville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Bude
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bude is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bude
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bude <4>
  • Woodville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Gloster
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Liberty
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
  • Roxie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Meadville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rosetta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
  • Bewelcome
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bewelcome is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewelcome
  • Garden City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden City is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coles ...

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

Adding Coles to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Coles post office opened in 1892. The Coles post office closed in 1959.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Coles.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Amite, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Coles - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Coles area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Coles 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/