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Welcome to Heads ...

Heads is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Heads, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Heads is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Heads: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Heads ...

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

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

Communities near Heads ...

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

  • Greenville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cleveland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Indianola
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Leland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Leland is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,659 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leland <4>
  • Moorhead
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
  • Shaw
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Shaw is located in Bolivar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
  • Sunflower
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
  • Metcalfe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Metcalfe is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalfe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
  • Inverness
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Inverness is located in Sunflower County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 852 people
  • Boyle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Heads ...

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

Adding Heads to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Heads post office opened in 1896. The Heads post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Heads.

Footnotes ...

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