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Welcome to Hazel ...

Hazel is located in Newton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hazel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Hazel is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hazel: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Hazel ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Hazel - they are located in Idaho, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan (2), Minnesota, New York, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hazel ...

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

  • Forest
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Newton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Union
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Decatur
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Walnut Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hickory
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Hickory is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
  • Sebastopol
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Montrose
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Montrose is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
  • Conehatta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Conehatta is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
  • Pine Bluff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pine Bluff is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hazel ...

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

Adding Hazel to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hazel post office opened in 1901. The Hazel post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hazel.

Footnotes ...

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