Welcome to Improve ...
Improve is located in Marion County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Improve, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.
Improve is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Improve lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Improve: 601 & 769<3>
Communities near Improve ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Improve.
- Columbia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Columbia is located in Marion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,850 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <4>
- Sumrall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumrall
- Sumrall is located in Lamar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,926 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumrall <4>
- Seminary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seminary have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary
- Seminary is located in Covington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seminary <4>
- Bassfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Expose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Goss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Pinebur
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebur
- Pinebur is located in Marion County
- Oak Vale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
- Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Lux
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
- Lux is located in Covington County
- Tilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
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 Improve. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Improve.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Improve. 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 Improve.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Improve. See our Newspapers Page for Improve.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Improve ...
Looking for more information about Improve? 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 Improve, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Improve.
Adding Improve to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Improve 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 Improve was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Improve post office opened in 1893.
We also found Improve on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Improve.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Improve. 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 Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Improve - 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 Improve area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Improve 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |