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Welcome to Swan Lake ...

Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Swan Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

A typical abbreviation for Swan Lake: Swan Lk.

Swan Lake is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Swan Lake: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Swan Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Swan Lake - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

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

Communities near Swan Lake ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Swan Lake ...

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

Adding Swan Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Swan Lake post office opened in 1880.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Swan Lake.

Footnotes ...

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