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Welcome to Alcorn ...

Alcorn is located in Claiborne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alcorn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Alcorn is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Alcorn: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Alcorn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Mississippi communities named Alcorn: This one is located in Claiborne County and the other is located in Alcorn County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 3 communities that are also named Alcorn - they are located in Kentucky and Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Alcorn ...

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

  • Fayette
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Port Gibson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Joseph
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Newellton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Waterproof
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Grand Gulf
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Grand Gulf is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Gulf
  • Red Lick
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Lick is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
  • Harriston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Yucatan Landing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Yucatan Landing is located in Tensas Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan Landing
  • Ingleside
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ingleside is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alcorn ...

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

Adding Alcorn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Alcorn post office opened in 1905. The Alcorn post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alcorn.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Claiborne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alcorn - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Alcorn area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Alcorn 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/