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Welcome to Lucern ...

Lucern is located in Newton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lucern, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Lucern is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lucern: 601 & 769<3>

Communities near Lucern ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lucern ...

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

Adding Lucern to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lucern post office opened in 1882. The Lucern post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lucern.

Footnotes ...

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