Welcome to Alcorn ...Alcorn is located in Jackson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Alcorn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. Alcorn is 1,460 feet [445 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Alcorn lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Alcorn: 606 Communities Also Named Alcorn ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Alcorn - they are located in Mississippi (2) and Oklahoma. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alcorn. Communities near Alcorn ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alcorn.
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 Alcorn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alcorn. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alcorn. 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 Alcorn. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alcorn. See our Newspapers Page for Alcorn. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alcorn ...Looking for more information about Alcorn? 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 Alcorn, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alcorn. Adding Alcorn to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Alcorn 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 Alcorn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Alcorn. Footnotes ...
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