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Welcome to Pierceville ...

Pierceville is located in Finney County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pierceville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1873.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Pierceville: Named for Charles W. Pierce and Carlos Pierce, officials with the Santa Fe Railroad.

Pierceville is 2,740 feet [835 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Pierceville is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Pierceville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Pierceville (for example, toward Syracuse), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Pierceville: 620

The ZIP code for Pierceville: 67868<3>

Communities Also Named Pierceville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Pierceville - they are located in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Pierceville ...

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

  • Garden City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cimarron
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Holcomb
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holcomb have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcomb
    • Holcomb is located in Finney County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,042 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holcomb <4>
  • Ingalls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ingalls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls
    • Ingalls is located in Gray County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
  • Charleston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
    • Charleston is located in Gray County
  • Rodkey ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rodkey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodkey
    • Rodkey is located in Finney County
  • Copeland
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Montezuma
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Wettick
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wettick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wettick
    • Wettick is located in Gray County
  • Kalvesta
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kalvesta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalvesta
    • Kalvesta is located in Finney County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pierceville ...

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

Adding Pierceville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pierceville 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 Pierceville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Pierceville post office opened in 1873.

We also found Pierceville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pierceville.

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

The official website for Finney County: www.finneycounty.org/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Finney, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pierceville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Pierceville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Pierceville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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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