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Welcome to Kola ...

Kola is located in Covington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kola, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Kola is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Kola: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Kola ...

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

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

Websites for Kola ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.covingtonchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Kola, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Kola ...

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

  • Ellisville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Sumrall
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Taylorsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Mount Olive
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Olive is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
  • Soso
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mize
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Seminary
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bassfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
  • Williamsburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Arbo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kola ...

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

Adding Kola to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kola post office opened in 1899. The Kola post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kola.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Covington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kola - 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 Kola area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Kola 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/