Welcome to Pumpkin ...

Pumpkin is located in Paulding County<1>.

The location of Pumpkin has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pumpkin, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

Pumpkin is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Pumpkin lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Pumpkin (for example, toward Piedmont (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Pumpkin: (470)<4>, (678) and (770)

Communities Also Named Pumpkin ...

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

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

Communities near Pumpkin ...

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

• Marietta
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Marietta is located in Cobb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,786 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marietta <5>
• Kennesaw
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennesaw have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw
  • Kennesaw is located in Cobb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,712 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennesaw <5>
• Kennesaw Acres
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennesaw Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
  • Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
• Douglasville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglasville
  • Douglasville is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,036 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Douglasville <5>
• Acworth
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
  • Acworth is located in Cobb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,726 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Acworth <5>
• Cartersville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
  • Cartersville is located in Bartow County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,037 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cartersville <5>
• Villa Rica
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Rica
  • Villa Rica is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,795 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Villa Rica <5>
• Powder Springs
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs
  • Powder Springs is located in Cobb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,801 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powder Springs <5>
• Powder Springs Chase
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powder Springs Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs Chase
  • Powder Springs Chase is located in Cobb County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 15,758 people
• Dallas
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
  • Dallas is located in Paulding County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,388 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dallas <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 Pumpkin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pumpkin.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pumpkin ...

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

Adding Pumpkin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pumpkin post office opened in 1880.

We also found Pumpkin in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pumpkin.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pumpkin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Paulding County: www.paulding.gov/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/