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Welcome to Tula ...

Tula is located in Lafayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tula, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Tula is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tula: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Tula ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Tula - it's located in Michigan.

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

Communities near Tula ...

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

  • Oxford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • Water Valley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Bruce
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Bruce is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruce <4>
  • Thaxton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Algoma
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Taylor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Toccopola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Toccopola is located in Pontotoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccopola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Altus
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Altus is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
  • Lafayette Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lafayette Springs is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Springs
  • Sarepta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sarepta is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarepta

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tula ...

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

Adding Tula to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tula post office opened in 1889.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tula.

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 Tula - 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 Tula area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Tula 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/