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Welcome to Saratoga ...

Saratoga is located in Simpson County<1>.

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

Saratoga is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Saratoga: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Saratoga ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Saratoga - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Ontario, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia (3), Washington and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Saratoga ...

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

  • Magee
    (6 miles [9.7 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>
  • Collins
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mendenhall
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Raleigh
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Taylorsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Prentiss
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • D'Lo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • D'Lo is located in Simpson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Lo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
  • New Hebron
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Mize
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Seminary
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saratoga ...

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

Adding Saratoga to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Saratoga post office opened in 1900. The Saratoga post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saratoga.

Footnotes ...

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