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Welcome to Lucien ...

Lucien is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lucien, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

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

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

Area Codes for Lucien: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Lucien ...

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

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

Communities near Lucien ...

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

  • Brookhaven
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Summit
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Bude
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Bude is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bude
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bude <4>
  • Meadville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Cobbs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
  • Eddiceton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
  • Caseyville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
  • Mount Olive
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Mount Olive is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
  • Norfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Norfield is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
  • Brookside
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Brookside is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lucien ...

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

Adding Lucien to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lucien post office opened in 1907. The Lucien post office closed in 1972.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lucien.

Footnotes ...

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