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Welcome to Dowell ...

Dowell is located in Leake County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dowell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Dowell is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dowell: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Dowell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Dowell - they are located in Illinois, Maryland and Tennessee.

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

Websites for Dowell ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.leakems.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Dowell, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Dowell ...

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

  • Kosciusko
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Carthage
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Ethel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Ethel is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
  • Sallis
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Coosa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Coosa is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
  • Redwater
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Redwater is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
  • Saint Ann
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Ann is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
  • Zemuly
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Zemuly is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
  • Newport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Newport is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
  • Vowell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Vowell is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dowell ...

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

Adding Dowell to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dowell post office opened in 1904. The Dowell post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dowell.

Footnotes ...

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