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)
- Sumrall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seminary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bassfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Melba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melba is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba
- Expose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Expose is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Expose
- Goss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Goss is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Pinebur
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pinebur is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebur
- Oak Vale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
- Sanford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
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 (so far) for Improve was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Improve post office opened in 1893. The Improve post office closed in 1918.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Improve.
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> | 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/ |