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Welcome to Epley ...

Epley is located in Lamar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Epley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Epley is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Epley: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Epley ...

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

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

Communities near Epley ...

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

  • Hattiesburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Petal
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Petal is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,692 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petal <4>
  • Collins
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Purvis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Sumrall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Seminary
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Bassfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
  • Lux
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lux is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
  • West Hattiesburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
  • Melba
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Melba is located in Jefferson Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Epley ...

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

Adding Epley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Epley post office opened in 1903. The Epley post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Epley.

Footnotes ...

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