Welcome to Zama ...

Zama is located in Attala County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Zama, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

Zama is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Zama: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Zama ...

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

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

Communities near Zama ...

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

• Kosciusko
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Kosciusko is located in Attala County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosciusko
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,615 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kosciusko <4>
• Carthage
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Carthage is located in Leake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,725 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carthage <4>
• Noxapater
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Noxapater is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxapater
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noxapater <4>
• Ethel
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ethel is located in Attala County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
• McCool
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • McCool is located in Attala County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
• Vowell
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Vowell is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
• Hinze
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hinze is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
• Coosa
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Coosa is located in Leake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
• Gregory ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Gregory is located in Attala County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
• Plattsburg
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Plattsburg is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Zama ...

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

Adding Zama to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Zama post office opened in 1918. The Zama post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Zama.