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Welcome to Hays ...

Hays is located in Scott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hays, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

Hays is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hays: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Hays ...

While we believe that this Hays is located in Scott County, we know of another 2 Mississippi communities named Hays. Those communities are located in the following counties: Jefferson and Washington County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 15 communities that are also named Hays - they are located in Alberta, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hays ...

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

  • Forest
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Forest. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Forest is located in Scott County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,483 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest <5>
  • Carthage
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Newton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Union
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Decatur
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Lena
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • High Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for High Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
    • High Hill is located in Leake County
  • Conehatta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
    • Conehatta is located in Newton 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 Hays. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hays.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hays ...

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

Adding Hays to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Hays post office opened in 1891.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hays.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hays. 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 Scott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hays - 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 Hays area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Hays area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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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