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Welcome to Handle ...

Handle is located in Winston County<1>.


We aren't confident of the location of Handle, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Handle, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

Handle is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The telephone area code for Handle: (662)

Communities near Handle ...

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

  • Philadelphia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Louisville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • De Kalb
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Noxapater
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noxapater have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxapater
    • Noxapater is located in Winston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noxapater <4>
  • Shuqualak
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shuqualak have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
    • Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
  • Lynville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
    • Lynville is located in Kemper County
  • Bogue Chitto
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bogue Chitto have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
    • Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
  • Mashulaville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
    • Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
  • Plattsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
    • Plattsburg is located in Winston County
  • Tucker
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tucker have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Tucker is located in Neshoba County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Handle ...

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

Adding Handle to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Handle 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 for Handle was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Handle post office opened in 1880.

We also found Handle in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Handle.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Handle. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Winston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Handle - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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