Welcome to Vicksburg ...

Vicksburg is located in La Paz County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vicksburg, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

Vicksburg is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Vicksburg lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Vicksburg (for example, toward Blythe (CA)), you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Vicksburg lies within the (928) area code.

Communities Also Named Vicksburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Vicksburg - they are located in Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania (2) and Texas.

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

Communities near Vicksburg ...

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

• McVay
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVay
  • McVay is located in La Paz County
• New Hope
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
  • New Hope is located in La Paz County
• Salome
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salome
  • Salome is located in La Paz County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salome <3>
• Harqua Hala ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harqua Hala. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harqua Hala
  • Harqua Hala is located in La Paz County
• Brenda
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenda
  • Brenda is located in La Paz County
• Utting
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utting
  • Utting is located in La Paz County
• Wenden
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenden
  • Wenden is located in La Paz County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wenden <3>
• Bouse
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bouse
  • Bouse is located in La Paz County
  • Former name for Bouse:
  • Brayton
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bouse <3>
• Cullen's Well ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cullen's Well. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen's Well
  • Cullen's Well is located in Maricopa County
• Quartzsite
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzsite
  • Quartzsite is located in La Paz County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,814 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quartzsite <3>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vicksburg ...

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

Adding Vicksburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vicksburg 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 Vicksburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Vicksburg post office opened in 1906.

We also found Vicksburg on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vicksburg.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for La Paz County: www.co.la-paz.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/