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Welcome to Little Dixie ...

Little Dixie is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Dixie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1947.

Little Dixie is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Little Dixie: 606

Communities Also Named Little Dixie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Little Dixie - they are located in Arkansas and California.

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

Communities near Little Dixie ...

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

  • Prestonsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Coal Run Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
  • Elkhorn City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pippa Passes
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
  • Martin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Wheelwright
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
  • Wayland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Wayland is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
  • Allen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Allen is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Allen has also been known as:
    • Beaver Creek Junction
    • Beaver Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <3>
  • Cedarville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedarville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Galveston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Galveston is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galveston

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Dixie ...

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

Adding Little Dixie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Little Dixie 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 Little Dixie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Little Dixie post office opened in 1947. The Little Dixie post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Dixie.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Little Dixie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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