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Welcome to Horatio ...

Horatio is located in Panola County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Horatio, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Horatio is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Horatio: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Horatio ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Horatio - they are located in Arkansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Horatio ...

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

  • Senatobia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Batesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Coldwater
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Sardis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Marks
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Marks is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,408 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marks <4>
  • Como
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Como is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <4>
  • Crenshaw
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Crowder
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Crowder is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
  • Courtland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Courtland is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
  • Sledge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Sledge is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Horatio ...

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

Adding Horatio to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Horatio post office opened in 1902. The Horatio post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Horatio.

Footnotes ...

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