Welcome to Alesville ...

Alesville is located in Lafayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alesville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

Alesville is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Alesville: 662

Communities near Alesville ...

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

• Oxford
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Oxford is located in Lafayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,635 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Oxford
  • From Alesville to Oxford
• Batesville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Batesville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
  • Batesville is located in Panola County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,116 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batesville <3>
• Water Valley
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
  • Water Valley is located in Yalobusha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,221 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Water Valley <3>
• Sardis
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sardis have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
  • Sardis is located in Panola County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,529 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sardis <3>
• Taylor
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Taylor is located in Lafayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <3>
• Abbeville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeville
  • Abbeville is located in Lafayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Abbeville <3>
• Springdale
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Springdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
  • Springdale is located in Lafayette County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Springdale
  • From Alesville to Springdale
• Altus
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Altus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
  • Altus is located in Lafayette County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Altus
  • From Alesville to Altus
• Harmontown
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
  • Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Harmontown
  • From Alesville to Harmontown
• Delay
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Delay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
  • Delay is located in Lafayette County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Delay
  • From Alesville to Delay

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alesville ...

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

Adding Alesville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Alesville post office opened in 1889.

We also found Alesville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alesville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/