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Welcome to Alonzo ...

Alonzo is located in Rankin County<1>.

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

Alonzo is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Alonzo: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Alonzo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Alonzo - they are located in Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Alonzo ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rankinchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Alonzo, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Alonzo ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alonzo ...

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

Adding Alonzo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

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

We also found Alonzo on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alonzo.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Rankin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alonzo - 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 Alonzo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Alonzo 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/