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Welcome to Epps ...

Epps is located in Forrest County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Epps, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Epps is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Epps: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Epps ...

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

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

Communities near Epps ...

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

  • Hattiesburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Petal
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • Wiggins
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Purvis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lumberton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Beaumont
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Beaumont is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
  • New Augusta
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Brooklyn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Carnes
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Carnes is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes
  • Wingate
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wingate is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Epps ...

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

Adding Epps to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Epps post office opened in 1899. The Epps post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Epps.

Footnotes ...

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