Welcome to Wilcox ...

So far, we found very little information about Wilcox. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Wilcox to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wilcox, please Contact Us.

Wilcox would have been located within present day West Feliciana Parish<2>.

The location of Wilcox has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilcox, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Wilcox is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Wilcox was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Wilcox still existed, it would have been in the (225) area code.

Communities Also Named Wilcox ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Wilcox - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Michigan (2), Missouri, Nebraska (2), New York, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Texas (2), Washington, Wisconsin (3) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Wilcox ...

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

• Zachary
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachary
  • Zachary is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,417 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zachary <5>
• New Roads
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Roads
  • New Roads is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,409 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Roads <5>
• Jackson
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
  • Jackson is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,707 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <5>
• Slaughter
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slaughter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
  • Slaughter is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slaughter <5>
• Morganza
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganza
  • Morganza is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 577 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morganza <5>
• Wilson
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
  • Wilson is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilson <5>
• Norwood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
  • Norwood is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <5>
• Wakefield
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
  • Wakefield is located in West Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wakefield <5>
• Patin
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patin
  • Patin is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
• Ventress
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventress
  • Ventress is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ventress <5>

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

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

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

Adding Wilcox to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wilcox 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 for Wilcox was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Wilcox post office opened in 1901.

We also found Wilcox on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Louisiana (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilcox.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/