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Welcome to Dowell ...Dowell is located in Leake County<1>. The location of Dowell has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> 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.<3>. Time Zone: Dowell lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Dowell: (601) & (769)<4> 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 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. Communities near Dowell ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dowell.
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 for Dowell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Dowell. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dowell. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/ Footnotes ...
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