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Welcome to Veto ...

Veto is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Veto, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Veto is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Veto: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Veto ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Veto - they are located in Alabama, Ohio and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Veto ...

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

  • Brookhaven
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Fayette
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Bude
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bude is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bude
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bude <4>
  • Roxie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Meadville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Eddiceton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
  • McCall Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Caseyville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
  • Cobbs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
  • Allen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Allen is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Veto ...

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

Adding Veto to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Veto post office opened in 1858. The Veto post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Veto.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Veto - 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 Veto area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Veto 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/