Welcome to Escatawpa ...
Escatawpa is located in Washington County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Escatawpa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.
Escatawpa is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Escatawpa lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Escatawpa: 251
Communities Also Named Escatawpa ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Escatawpa - it's located in Mississippi.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Escatawpa.
Communities near Escatawpa ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Escatawpa.
- Citronelle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chatom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leakesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leakesville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leakesville
- Leakesville is located in Greene County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 868 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leakesville <3>
- State Line
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for State Line. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- State Line is located in Greene County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to State Line
- From Escatawpa to State Line
- Deer Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tibbie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seaboard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Seaboard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaboard
- Seaboard is located in Washington County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Seaboard
- From Escatawpa to Seaboard
- Clark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sims Chapel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
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 Escatawpa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Escatawpa.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Escatawpa. 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 Escatawpa.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Escatawpa. See our Newspapers Page for Escatawpa.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Escatawpa ...
Looking for more information about Escatawpa? 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 Escatawpa, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Escatawpa.
Adding Escatawpa to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Escatawpa 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 Escatawpa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Escatawpa post office opened in 1858.
We also found Escatawpa in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Escatawpa.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Escatawpa - 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |