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Welcome to Sable ...

Sable is located in Clarke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sable, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Sable is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sable: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Sable ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Sable - they are located in Colorado and Ontario.

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

Communities near Sable ...

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

  • Meridian
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Quitman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Marion
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Marion is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <4>
  • Stonewall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Stonewall is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
  • Enterprise
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Chunky
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pachuta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pachuta is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
  • Increase
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Increase is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Increase
    • Increase has also been known as:
    • Causeyville
  • Lost Gap
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
  • Vimville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Vimville is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sable ...

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

Adding Sable to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sable post office opened in 1901. The Sable post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sable.

Footnotes ...

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