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Welcome to Pedenville ...

Pedenville is located in Pike County<1>.


The location of Pedenville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Pedenville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1897.

Pedenville is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Pedenville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Pedenville (for example, toward Roanoke (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Telephone area codes for Pedenville: (470)<4>, (678) and (770).

Communities near Pedenville ...

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

  • Peachtree City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Lawrences Mill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrences Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
    • Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
  • Carrolls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrolls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
    • Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
  • Griffin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Foreston Place
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foreston Place have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
    • Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
  • Thomaston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamptons Corner
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamptons Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
    • Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
  • Senoia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Senoia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senoia
    • Senoia is located in Coweta County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,528 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Senoia <5>
  • Manchester
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Zebulon
    (9 miles [14.5 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 Pedenville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pedenville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pedenville ...

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

Adding Pedenville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pedenville post office opened in 1897.

We also found Pedenville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Georgia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pedenville.

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

The official website for Pike County: www.co.pike.ga.us/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pedenville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Of the area codes for Pedenville, area code (470, 678) is an overlay.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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