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Welcome to Gray ...

Gray is located in Leake County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gray, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Gray is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gray: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Gray ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Gray - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Pennsylvania (4), Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Virginia.

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

Websites for Gray ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.leakems.com/

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

Communities near Gray ...

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

  • Kosciusko
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Carthage
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Ethel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Ethel is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
  • Sallis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Coosa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Coosa is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
  • Vowell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vowell is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
  • Redwater
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Redwater is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
  • Hinze
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hinze is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
  • Laurel Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
  • Plattsburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Plattsburg is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gray ...

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

Adding Gray to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gray post office opened in 1893. The Gray post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gray.

Footnotes ...

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