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Welcome to Shuford ...

Shuford is located in Panola County<1>.

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

Shuford is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Shuford: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Shuford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Shuford - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Shuford ...

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

  • Oxford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Oxford is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,635 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <4>
  • Batesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Water Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sardis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Coffeeville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Crowder
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Crowder is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
  • Courtland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Courtland is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
  • Oakland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Taylor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Pope
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Pope is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shuford ...

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

Adding Shuford to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Shuford post office opened in 1900. The Shuford post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shuford.

Footnotes ...

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