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Welcome to Minot ...

Minot is located in Sunflower County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Minot, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Minot is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Minot: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Minot ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Minot - they are located in Maine, Massachusetts, Montana and North Dakota.

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

Communities near Minot ...

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

  • Clarksdale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Clarksdale is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,470 people
  • Cleveland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Tutwiler
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ruleville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Shelby
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Drew
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Drew is located in Sunflower County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,579 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drew <4>
  • Mound Bayou
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Renova
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Renova is located in Bolivar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
  • Webb
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
  • Duncan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Duncan is located in Bolivar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Minot ...

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

Adding Minot to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Minot post office opened in 1900. The Minot post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Minot.

Footnotes ...

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