Welcome to Pinckneyville ...

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

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

Pinckneyville would have been located within present day Gwinnett County<2>.

The location of Pinckneyville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pinckneyville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pinckneyville is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Pinckneyville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Pinckneyville once stood is in the (770) area code.

Websites for Pinckneyville ...

Junior League:   www.jlgnf.org/

Communities Also Named Pinckneyville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Pinckneyville - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Pinckneyville ...

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

• Atlanta
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
  • Atlanta is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 512,550 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atlanta <5>
• Roswell
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
  • Roswell is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,434 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roswell <5>
• Johns Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johns Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Creek
  • Johns Creek is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,192 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johns Creek <5>
• Alpharetta
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpharetta
  • Alpharetta is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,897 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpharetta <5>
• Marietta
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Marietta is located in Cobb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,786 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marietta <5>
• Smyrna
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
  • Smyrna is located in Cobb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,443 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna <5>
• Brookhaven
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County
• Stonecrest
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
  • Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
• Dunwoody West
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunwoody West have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West
  • Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
• Milton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
  • Milton is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,037 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <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 Pinckneyville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pinckneyville.

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

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

Adding Pinckneyville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pinckneyville 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 Pinckneyville was on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1839.

We also found Pinckneyville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pinckneyville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Gwinnett County: www.co.gwinnett.ga.us/

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