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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>.

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.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Mooresville was located: 870 & 327<4>

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)
    • Cabot is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
    • 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)
  • Beebe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Ward
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Ward is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
    • 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)
    • Austin is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,504 people
  • Lonoke
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Carlisle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Judsonia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Kensett
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Des Arc
    (11 miles [17.7 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 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 (so far) 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. The Mooresville post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mooresville.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mooresville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Prairie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mooresville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Mooresville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Mooresville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/