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Welcome to Burkettsville ...

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

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

Burkettsville would have been located within present day Attala County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Burkettsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Burkettsville is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Burkettsville was located: 662 & 471<4>

Communities Also Named Burkettsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Burkettsville - it's located in Ohio.

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

Communities near Burkettsville ...

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

  • Kosciusko
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Durant
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Vaiden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ethel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Ethel is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
  • French Camp
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • West
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Sallis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • McCool
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • McCool is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
  • Rocky Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Rocky Point is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
  • Auris ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Auris is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris

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

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

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

Adding Burkettsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Burkettsville 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 (so far) for Burkettsville was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Burkettsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Burkettsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Attala, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Burkettsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Burkettsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Burkettsville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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