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Welcome to Flowers ...

Flowers is located in Walthall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Flowers, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Flowers is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Flowers: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Flowers ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Mississippi communities named Flowers: This one is located in Walthall County and the other is located in Warren County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 5 communities that are also named Flowers - they are located in Florida, New York, North Carolina and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Flowers ...

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

  • Columbia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Franklinton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tylertown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Varnado
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Varnado is located in Washington Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varnado
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Varnado <4>
  • Angie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Angie is located in Washington Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angie <4>
  • Popeville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Popeville is located in Washington Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville
  • Kokomo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Pine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Pine is located in Washington Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
  • Twin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Twin is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
  • Smithburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Smithburg is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithburg

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Flowers ...

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

Adding Flowers to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Flowers post office opened in 1906. The Flowers post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Flowers.

Footnotes ...

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