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Welcome to Vixen ...

Vixen is located in Caldwell Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vixen, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

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

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

Area Codes for Vixen: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Vixen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Vixen - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Vixen ...

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

  • Richwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Richwood is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,375 people
  • Clarks
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Chatham
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Grayson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Columbia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Eros
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Eros is located in Jackson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eros <4>
  • Sikes
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Zoar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cuba
    (10 miles [16.1 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 Vixen. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vixen.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vixen ...

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

Adding Vixen to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Vixen post office opened in 1898. The Vixen post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vixen.

Footnotes ...

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