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Welcome to Splinter ...

Splinter is located in Lafayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Splinter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Splinter is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Splinter: 662 & 471<3>

Communities near Splinter ...

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

  • Oxford
    (10 miles [16.1 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
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Water Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Sardis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Courtland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Courtland is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
  • Taylor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Abbeville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pope
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Pope is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
  • Springdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Springdale is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
  • Alesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Alesville is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Splinter ...

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

Adding Splinter to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Splinter post office opened in 1896. The Splinter post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Splinter.

Footnotes ...

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