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Welcome to Santee ...

Santee is located in Jefferson Davis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Santee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1843.

Santee is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Santee: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Santee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Mississippi communities named Santee: This one is located in Jefferson Davis County and the other is located in Covington County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 7 communities that are also named Santee - they are located in California, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Santee ...

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

  • Collins
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sumrall
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Prentiss
    (9 miles [14.5 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
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Mount Olive is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
  • New Hebron
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Seminary
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Bassfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
  • Silver Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Williamsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Williamsburg is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Melba
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Melba is located in Jefferson Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Santee ...

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

Adding Santee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Santee in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Santee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Santee post office opened in 1843. The Santee post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Santee.

Footnotes ...

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