Townsend in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.7554, -88.5489
- Elevation
- 75 m above sea level
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1241 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Townsend, Mississippi, United States
Find out what time it is now in Townsend, Mississippi, United States — the local clock runs on America/Chicago (−6).
Townsend, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Townsend
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Townsend.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:18 AM Solar noon 11:39 AM Sunset 5:00 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 5:52 AM – 5:26 PM
Weather in Townsend right now
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Townsend and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01469
- 19734
- 23443
- 31331
- 37882
- 54175
- 59644
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Mississippi
- Jackson 153 701
- Gulfport 71 856
- West Gulfport 71 329
- Southaven 52 589
- Hattiesburg 46 805
- Biloxi 45 637
Other places named Townsend
- Townsend England, United Kingdom
- Townsend Delaware, United States
- Townsend Montana, United States
- Townsend Massachusetts, United States
- Townsend New South Wales, Australia
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Carters — 1.4 km
- Akron — 2.8 km
- Rocky Mount (historical) — 6.5 km
- Sucarnoochee — 7.6 km
- Electric Mills — 8.1 km
- East Abeika (historical) — 8.2 km
Time and daylight in Townsend
First light in Townsend comes at 6:18 AM today; darkness returns after 5:00 PM. The day gives 10 h 42 min of light.
Look nearby and you will see Carters and Akron on the same clock as Townsend.
7 codes make up the postal map of Townsend.
Townsend stands in America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−6 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Townsend?
- Townsend is covered by the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- What time zone rules apply in Townsend — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Townsend: No.
- When does the sun disappear in Townsend?
- It disappears at 5:00 PM.