Welcome to Holt ...
So far, we found very little information about Holt. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Holt to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Holt, please Contact Us.
Holt would have been located within present day Jasper County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Holt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Holt is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Holt was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Holt was located: 601 & 769<4>
Communities Also Named Holt ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Holt - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Florida, Georgia (2), Iowa, Kentucky (3), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah (3) and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Holt.
Communities near Holt ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Holt.
- Bay Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sandersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sandersville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Heidelberg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Louin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Louin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Pachuta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pachuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Montrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montrose is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Sylvarena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sylvarena is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvarena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Acme ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Turnerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Turnerville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
- Waldrup ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Waldrup is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrup
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 Holt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Holt.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Holt. 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 Holt.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Holt. See our Newspapers Page for Holt.
Adding Holt to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Holt in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Holt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Holt post office opened in 1860. The Holt post office closed in 1867.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Holt.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Holt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Jasper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Holt - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 Holt area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Holt area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |