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Welcome to Nason ...

Nason is located in Grenada County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nason, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Nason is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Nason: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Nason ...

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

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

Communities near Nason ...

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

  • Grenada
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Winona
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Winona is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,830 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <4>
  • Duck Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Duck Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,760 people
  • North Carrollton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
  • Carrollton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Tillatoba
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Tillatoba is located in Yalobusha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillatoba
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 91 people
  • Jefferson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jefferson is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
  • Memphis Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Memphis Junction is located in Grenada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
  • Elliott
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Elliott is located in Grenada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
  • Turkey Foot Fork
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nason ...

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

Adding Nason to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Nason post office opened in 1896. The Nason post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nason.

Footnotes ...

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