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Welcome to Chic ...

Chic is located in Dyer County<1>.

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

Chic is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Chic, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Chic: 731

Websites for Chic ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.ddcc.dyercountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Chic, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Chic ...

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

  • Mengelwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
    • Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
  • Dyersburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Blytheville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Ripley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ripley is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,624 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <3>
  • Caruthersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Gosnell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
  • Daniels Point Landing
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
  • Halls
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Halls is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halls <3>
  • Steele
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Steele is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,853 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steele <3>
  • Bruceville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bruceville is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chic ...

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

Adding Chic to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chic 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 Chic was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Chic post office opened in 1900. The Chic post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chic.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Dyer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chic - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/