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Welcome to Eggville ...

Eggville is located in Lee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Eggville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Eggville is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Eggville: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Eggville ...

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

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

Communities near Eggville ...

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

  • Tupelo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Saltillo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fulton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Baldwyn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Verona
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Guntown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Nettleton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Shannon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Plantersville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mantachie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Eggville ...

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

Adding Eggville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Eggville post office opened in 1889. The Eggville post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Eggville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Eggville - 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 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Eggville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Eggville 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/