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Welcome to Vicksburg ...

Vicksburg is located in Livingston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vicksburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Vicksburg is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Vicksburg: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Vicksburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Vicksburg - they are located in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania (2) and Texas.

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

Communities near Vicksburg ...

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

  • Paducah
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Marion
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Marion is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,850 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <4>
  • Eddyville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Calvert City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Calvert City is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
    • Calvert City has also been known as:
    • Calvert
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <4>
  • Rosiclare
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Brookport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Salem
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Salem is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <4>
  • Golconda
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Kuttawa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fredonia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vicksburg ...

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

Adding Vicksburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vicksburg 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 Vicksburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Vicksburg post office opened in 1889. The Vicksburg post office closed in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vicksburg.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Livingston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vicksburg - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Vicksburg area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Vicksburg area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/