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Welcome to Loakfoma ...

Loakfoma is located in Winston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Loakfoma, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Loakfoma is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Loakfoma: 662 & 471<3>

Communities near Loakfoma ...

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

  • Starkville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Louisville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ackerman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Brooksville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Crawford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Artesia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Artesia is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
  • Sturgis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bradley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bradley is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
  • Longview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Longview is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
  • Fairport ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Fairport is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Loakfoma ...

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

Adding Loakfoma to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Loakfoma in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Loakfoma was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Loakfoma post office opened in 1880. The Loakfoma post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Loakfoma.

Footnotes ...

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