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Welcome to Wren ...

Wren is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wren, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Wren is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wren: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Wren ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Wren - they are located in Alabama, Iowa, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina and Virginia.

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

Communities near Wren ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wren ...

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

Adding Wren to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wren post office opened in 1900. The Wren post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wren.

Footnotes ...

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