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Welcome to Duffee ...

Duffee is located in Newton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Duffee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Duffee is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Duffee: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Duffee ...

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

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

Communities near Duffee ...

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

  • Meridian
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Newton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Union
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Decatur
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Marion
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Marion is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <4>
  • Hickory
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
  • Chunky
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Collinsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Martin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Martin is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
  • Suqualena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Suqualena is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suqualena

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Duffee ...

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

Adding Duffee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Duffee post office opened in 1914. The Duffee post office closed in 1959.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Duffee.

Footnotes ...

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