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Welcome to Fox ...

Fox is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fox, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Fox is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fox: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Fox ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 33 communities that are also named Fox - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Michigan (4), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana (2), New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas (4), Utah (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Fox ...

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

  • Grenada
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Winona
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Winona is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,830 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <4>
  • Duck Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Duck Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,760 people
  • Vaiden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Kilmichael
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Kilmichael is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmichael
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
  • North Carrollton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
  • Carrollton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Eskridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Eskridge is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskridge
  • Minerva
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Minerva is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
  • Sibleyton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sibleyton is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibleyton
    • Sibleyton has also been known as:
    • Sibleton

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fox ...

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

Adding Fox to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fox post office opened in 1901. The Fox post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fox.

Footnotes ...

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