Welcome to Peeksville ...

Peeksville is located in Henry County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Peeksville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

Peeksville is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Peeksville: (470)<4>, (678) and (770)

Websites for Peeksville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.henrycounty.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Peeksville, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Peeksville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Peeksville - it's located in Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Peeksville ...

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

• Stockbridge
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
  • Stockbridge is located in Henry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,125 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockbridge <5>
• Stockbridge North
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockbridge North have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
  • Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
• McDonough
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McDonough have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
  • McDonough is located in Henry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,582 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McDonough <5>
• Griffin
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
  • Griffin is located in Spalding County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,665 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Griffin <5>
• Covington
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
  • Covington is located in Newton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,386 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Covington <5>
• Locust Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Locust Grove is located in Henry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,091 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Locust Grove <5>
• Hampton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
  • Hampton is located in Henry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,184 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampton <5>
• Lovejoy
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
  • Lovejoy is located in Clayton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,512 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovejoy <5>
• Whitehouse
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehouse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
  • Whitehouse is located in Henry County
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
• Jackson
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
  • Jackson is located in Butts County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,332 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Peeksville ...

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

Adding Peeksville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Peeksville post office opened in 1870.

We also found Peeksville on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1883.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Peeksville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Henry County: www.co.henry.ga.us/

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