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Welcome to Locum ...

Locum is located in Union County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Locum, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Locum is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Locum: 662 & 471<3>

Communities near Locum ...

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

  • New Albany
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Booneville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Ripley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Saltillo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Baldwyn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Guntown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ecru
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ecru is located in Pontotoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ecru
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ecru <4>
  • Blue Mountain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
  • Sherman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Hickory Flat
    (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 Locum. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Locum.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Locum ...

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

Adding Locum to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Locum post office opened in 1903. The Locum post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Locum.

Footnotes ...

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