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Welcome to Pilottown ...

Pilottown is located in Plaquemines Parish<1>.

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

Pilottown is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Code for Pilottown: 504

The ZIP code for Pilottown: 70081<3>

Communities Also Named Pilottown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pilottown - it's located in Delaware.

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

Communities near Pilottown ...

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

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pilottown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pilottown.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pilottown ...

Looking for more information about Pilottown? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Pilottown, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Pilottown.

Adding Pilottown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pilottown post office opened in 1873.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pilottown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Plaquemines, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pilottown - 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 Pilottown). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Pilottown 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>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/