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Welcome to Retreat ...

Retreat is located in Calhoun County<1>.

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

Retreat is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Retreat: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Retreat ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Retreat - they are located in California, Georgia (2), Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas (3), Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Retreat ...

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

  • Bruce
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bruce is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruce <4>
  • Calhoun City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Vardaman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Derma
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Derma is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 961 people
  • Coffeeville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pittsboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pittsboro is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
  • Slate Spring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Slate Spring is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Spring
  • Slate Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Slate Springs is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
  • Benela
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Benela is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benela
  • Loyd
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Loyd is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Retreat ...

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

Adding Retreat to Our Gazetteer ...

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

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Retreat.

Footnotes ...

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