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Welcome to Egremont ...

Egremont is located in Sharkey County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Egremont, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Egremont is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Egremont: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Egremont ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Egremont - they are located in Alberta and Massachusetts.

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

Communities near Egremont ...

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

  • Lake Providence
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Rolling Fork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Anguilla
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mayersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Mayersville is located in Issaquena County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
  • Cary
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cary is located in Sharkey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
  • Louise
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Louise is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
  • Riverside Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Riverside Junction is located in Sharkey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Junction
  • Issaquena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Issaquena is located in Sharkey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Issaquena
  • Lorenzen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Lorenzen is located in Sharkey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenzen
  • Mont Helena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mont Helena is located in Sharkey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Helena

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Egremont ...

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

Adding Egremont to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Egremont post office opened in 1886. The Egremont post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Egremont.

Footnotes ...

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