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Welcome to Guntown ...

The town of Guntown is located in Lee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Guntown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Guntown has a population of 2,795 people<2> (see below for details).

Guntown is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Guntown: 662 & 471<4>

The ZIP code for Guntown: 38849<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Guntown had an population of 2,795 people. This is an increase of 34.18% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 136.26% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Guntown had a population of 2,083 people. This makes Guntown the county's 5th most populous community.

The population of Guntown represents 0.07% of the total population of Mississippi (which has 2,967,297 people), making it the state's 103rd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 2,083 people, the population of Guntown increased 76.08% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,183 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Guntown.

Communities Also Named Guntown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Guntown - it's located in Tennessee.

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

Communities near Guntown ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Guntown ...

Looking for more information about Guntown? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Guntown, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Guntown.

Adding Guntown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Guntown 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 Guntown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Guntown post office opened in 1866.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Guntown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Guntown.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Guntown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Guntown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Guntown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a town (such as Guntown). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Guntown or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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/