RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Louisiana >> Union Parish >> PisgahIndex...

Welcome to Pisgah ...

Pisgah is located in Union Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pisgah, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Pisgah is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pisgah: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Pisgah ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Pisgah - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (3), California, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi (3), Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee (4), Texas (2), Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Pisgah ...

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

  • Farmerville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bernice
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dubach
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Junction City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Junction City is located in Claiborne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
  • Junction City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Junction City is located in Union County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
  • Vienna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Vienna is located in Lincoln Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
  • Lisbon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Spearsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Lillie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Cane Ridge ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cane Ridge is located in Union Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Ridge

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pisgah ...

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

Adding Pisgah to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pisgah in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Pisgah was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pisgah post office opened in 1894. The Pisgah post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pisgah.

Footnotes ...

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