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Welcome to Hardy ...

Hardy is located in Grenada County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hardy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1950.

Hardy is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hardy: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Hardy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Hardy - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hardy ...

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

  • Grenada
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Charleston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Duck Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Duck Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,760 people
  • Coffeeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Tillatoba
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Tillatoba is located in Yalobusha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillatoba
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 91 people
  • Memphis Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Memphis Junction is located in Grenada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
  • Rosebloom
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
  • Turkey Foot Fork
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork
  • Elliott
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Elliott is located in Grenada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hardy ...

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

Adding Hardy to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hardy post office opened in 1950. The Hardy post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hardy.

Footnotes ...

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