Welcome to Mooresville ...

So far, we found very little information about Mooresville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Mooresville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mooresville, please Contact Us.

Mooresville would have been located within present day Prairie County<2>.

The location of Mooresville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mooresville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mooresville is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Mooresville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Mooresville would have been located in the (870) area code.

Communities Also Named Mooresville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Mooresville - they are located in Alabama, Indiana (2), Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Mooresville ...

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

• Cabot
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
  • Cabot is located in Lonoke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,466 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cabot <5>
• Searcy
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Searcy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy
  • Searcy is located in White County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,543 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Searcy <5>
• Beebe
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beebe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe
  • Beebe is located in White County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,205 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beebe <5>
• Ward
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ward have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
  • Ward is located in Lonoke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,486 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ward <5>
• Austin
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
  • Austin is located in Lonoke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,504 people
• Lonoke
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonoke
  • Lonoke is located in Lonoke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,162 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lonoke <5>
• Carlisle
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlisle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
  • Carlisle is located in Lonoke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,154 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlisle <5>
• Judsonia
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judsonia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judsonia
  • Judsonia is located in White County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,992 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Judsonia <5>
• Kensett
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensett
  • Kensett is located in White County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,615 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kensett <5>
• Des Arc
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Des Arc have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Arc
  • Des Arc is located in Prairie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,567 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Des Arc <5>

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

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

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

Adding Mooresville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mooresville 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 for Mooresville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mooresville post office opened in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mooresville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/