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Welcome to Urbo ...So far, we found very little information about Urbo. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Urbo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Urbo, please Contact Us. Urbo would have been located within present day Newton County<2>. The location of Urbo has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Urbo, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911. While the community is gone, the present day location for Urbo is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Urbo was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Urbo once stood is in the (601) and (769)<5> area codes. Communities near Urbo ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Urbo.
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 Urbo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Urbo. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Urbo. 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 Urbo. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Urbo. See our Newspapers Page for Urbo. Adding Urbo to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Urbo 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 for Urbo was on a map titled Map of Mississippi (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Urbo. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/ Footnotes ...
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