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Welcome to Essex ...

Essex is located in Quitman County<1>.

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

Essex is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Essex: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Essex ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Essex - they are located in Arkansas, California (3), Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (3), Ontario, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Essex ...

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

  • Clarksdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarksdale is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,470 people
  • Batesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Marks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Marks is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,408 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marks <4>
  • Lambert
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lambert is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,325 people
  • Jonestown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Crenshaw
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Crowder
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Crowder is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
  • Courtland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Courtland is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
  • Sledge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sledge is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
  • Coahoma
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Essex ...

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

Adding Essex to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Essex post office opened in 1903. The Essex post office closed in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Essex.

Footnotes ...

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