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Welcome to Ora ...

Ora is located in Covington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ora, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Ora is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ora: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Ora ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Ora - they are located in Alabama, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, North Carolina (2), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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

Websites for Ora ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.covingtonchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Ora, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Ora ...

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

  • Magee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Magee is located in Simpson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,094 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Magee <4>
  • Sumrall
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Taylorsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Prentiss
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Prentiss is located in Jefferson Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentiss
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prentiss <4>
  • Mount Olive
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Olive is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
  • Soso
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Soso is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
  • Mize
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Seminary
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bassfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
  • Arbo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Arbo is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbo

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ora ...

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

Adding Ora to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ora post office opened in 1890. The Ora post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ora.

Footnotes ...

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