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Welcome to Free Springs ...

Free Springs is located in Lafayette County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Free Springs: Free Spgs. (or less commonly used: Free Spngs. or Free Sprngs.)

Free Springs is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Free Springs: 662 & 471<3>

Communities near Free Springs ...

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

  • Oxford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Oxford is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,635 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <4>
  • Senatobia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Sardis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Como
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Como is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <4>
  • Taylor
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Abbeville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Laws Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
  • Tyro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tyro is located in Tate County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
  • Aiken
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Aiken is located in Tate County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
  • Chulahoma
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Chulahoma is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulahoma

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Free Springs ...

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

Footnotes ...

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