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Welcome to Lake Como ...

Lake Como is located in Jasper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lake Como, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1859.

A typical abbreviation for Lake Como: Lk. Como

Lake Como is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lake Como: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Lake Como ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Lake Como - they are located in Florida, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Lake Como ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lake Como ...

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

Adding Lake Como to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lake Como 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 Lake Como was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lake Como post office opened in 1859.

We also found Lake Como in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lake Como.

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lake Como - 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 Lake Como area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Lake Como 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/