Welcome to Fenton ...

Fenton is located in Hancock County<1>.

The location of Fenton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fenton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

Fenton is near sea level<3>.

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

Fenton lies within the (228) area code.

Websites for Fenton ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hancockchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Fenton, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Fenton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Fenton - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Wyoming (2).

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

Communities near Fenton ...

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

• Gulfport
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulfport
  • Gulfport is located in Harrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 71,438 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gulfport <4>
• Long Beach
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
  • Long Beach is located in Harrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,125 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Beach <4>
• Bay Saint Louis
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Saint Louis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Saint Louis
  • Bay Saint Louis is located in Hancock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,529 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay Saint Louis <4>
• Picayune
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Picayune have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picayune
  • Picayune is located in Pearl River County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,886 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Picayune <4>
• Pass Christian
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pass Christian
  • Pass Christian is located in Harrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,500 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pass Christian <4>
• Waveland
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waveland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
  • Waveland is located in Hancock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,315 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waveland <4>
• Shoreline Park
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoreline Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline Park
  • Shoreline Park is located in Hancock County
• Lakeshore
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
  • Lakeshore is located in Hancock County
• Necaise
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necaise
  • Necaise is located in Hancock County
• Lyman
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
  • Lyman is located in Harrison County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fenton ...

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

Adding Fenton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fenton post office opened in 1895.

We also found Fenton on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fenton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fenton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/