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Welcome to Darrington ...

Darrington is located in Wilkinson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Darrington, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Darrington is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Darrington: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Darrington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Darrington - it's located in Washington.

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

Communities near Darrington ...

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

  • Natchez
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Centreville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Gloster
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Roxie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Crosby
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Wilkinson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
  • Garden City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Garden City is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Rosetta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
  • Knoxville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Knoxville is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Darrington ...

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

Adding Darrington to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Darrington post office opened in 1884. The Darrington post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Darrington.

Footnotes ...

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