Welcome to Dykesville ...

Dykesville is located in Claiborne Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dykesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Dykesville is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dykesville: 318 & 457<3>

Communities near Dykesville ...

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

Springhill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springhill is located in Webster Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,684 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springhill <4>
Homer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Homer is located in Claiborne Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,789 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Homer
- From Dykesville to Homer
Haynesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Haynesville is located in Claiborne Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,000 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haynesville <4>
Cullen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cullen is located in Webster Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,056 people
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Cotton Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Valley is located in Webster Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cotton Valley <4>
Sarepta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sarepta is located in Webster Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 814 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sarepta <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sarepta
- From Dykesville to Sarepta
Taylor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor is located in Columbia County (AR)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Taylor
- From Dykesville to Taylor
Emerson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Emerson is located in Columbia County (AR)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Emerson
- From Dykesville to Emerson
Shongaloo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shongaloo is located in Webster Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
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- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Shongaloo
- From Dykesville to Shongaloo
Blackburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blackburn is located in Claiborne Parish
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- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Blackburn
- From Dykesville to Blackburn

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dykesville ...

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

Adding Dykesville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dykesville post office opened in 1886. The Dykesville post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dykesville.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Claiborne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dykesville - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Dykesville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Dykesville 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/