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Welcome to Stratton ...

Stratton is located in Newton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stratton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

Stratton is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Stratton: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Stratton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Stratton - they are located in Colorado (2), Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Texas, Vermont and Virginia.

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

Communities near Stratton ...

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

  • Philadelphia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Newton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Union
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Decatur
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hickory
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
    • Hickory is located in Newton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
  • Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Chunky
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sebastopol
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sebastopol have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastopol
    • Sebastopol is located in Scott County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebastopol <4>
  • Lucern
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
    • Lucern is located in Newton County
  • Neshoba
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
    • Neshoba is located in Neshoba County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stratton ...

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

Adding Stratton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stratton 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 for Stratton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Stratton post office opened in 1906.

We also found Stratton on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stratton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Newton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stratton - 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 Stratton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Stratton 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/