Welcome to Congress ...
So far, we found very little information about Congress. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Congress to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Congress, please Contact Us.
Congress would have been located within present day Chickasaw County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Congress, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Congress is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Congress was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Congress was located: 662 & 471<4>
Communities Also Named Congress ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Congress - they are located in Arizona, Ohio and Saskatchewan.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Congress.
Communities near Congress ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Congress.
- Houston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eupora
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vardaman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Derma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Derma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 961 people
- Maben
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Maben is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 817 people
- Mathiston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Houlka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Houlka is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Houlka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 601 people
- Former names for New Houlka:
- Houlka
- Old Houlka
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Houlka <5>
- Pittsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsboro is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Walthall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walthall is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 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 Congress. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Congress.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Congress. 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 Congress.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Congress. See our Newspapers Page for Congress.
Adding Congress to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Congress 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 Congress was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Congress post office opened in 1885. The Congress post office closed in 1908.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Congress.
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 Congress, 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 Chickasaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Congress - 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 Congress area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Congress 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/ |