Welcome to Gainesville ...

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

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

Gainesville would have been located within present day Hancock County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gainesville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1844.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Gainesville is near sea level<3>.

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

If Gainesville still existed, it would have been in the (228) area code.

Websites for Gainesville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hancockchamber.org/

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

Communities Also Named Gainesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Gainesville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Tennessee, Texas (3) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Gainesville ...

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

• Slidell
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slidell
  • Slidell is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,541 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slidell <4>
• Bay Saint Louis
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Saint Louis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Saint Louis
  • Bay Saint Louis is located in Hancock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,529 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay Saint Louis <4>
• Picayune
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Picayune have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picayune
  • Picayune is located in Pearl River County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,886 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Picayune <4>
• Diamondhead
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamondhead have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamondhead
  • Diamondhead is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamondhead <4>
• Waveland
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waveland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
  • Waveland is located in Hancock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,315 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waveland <4>
• Pearl River
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
  • Pearl River is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,618 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl River <4>
• Logtown ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
  • Logtown is located in Hancock County
• Lake Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
  • Lake Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
• Northwood Village
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Village
  • Northwood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
• Tanglewood Village
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Village
  • Tanglewood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)

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

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

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

Adding Gainesville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gainesville post office opened in 1844.

We also found Gainesville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gainesville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/