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Welcome to Vicksburg ...

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

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

Vicksburg would have been located within present day Bay County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vicksburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Vicksburg is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Vicksburg (for example, toward Bristol), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The Area Codes where Vicksburg was located: 850 & 448<4>

In the past, Vicksburg was named Vickerburg.

Communities Also Named Vicksburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Vicksburg - they are located in Arizona, Colorado, 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.

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.

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Vicksburg. See our Newspapers 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 (so far) for Vicksburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Vicksburg post office opened in 1905. The Vicksburg post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vicksburg.

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 Vicksburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Bay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vicksburg - 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 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Vicksburg area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Vicksburg 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/