Welcome to Catahoula ...

Catahoula is located in Hancock County<1>.

The location of Catahoula has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Catahoula, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Catahoula is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Catahoula lies within the (228) area code.

Websites for Catahoula ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hancockchamber.org/

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

Communities Also Named Catahoula ...

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

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

Communities near Catahoula ...

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

• Bay Saint Louis
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Saint Louis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Saint Louis
  • Bay Saint Louis is located in Hancock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,529 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay Saint Louis <4>
• Picayune
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Picayune have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picayune
  • Picayune is located in Pearl River County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,886 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Picayune <4>
• Diamondhead
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamondhead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamondhead
  • Diamondhead is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamondhead <4>
• Pass Christian
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pass Christian
  • Pass Christian is located in Harrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,500 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pass Christian <4>
• Waveland
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waveland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
  • Waveland is located in Hancock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,315 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waveland <4>
• Pearl River
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
  • Pearl River is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,618 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl River <4>
• Kiln
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiln
  • Kiln is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiln <4>
• Necaise
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necaise
  • Necaise is located in Hancock County
• Nicholson
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
  • Nicholson is located in Pearl River County
• Gainesville ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
  • Gainesville is located in Hancock County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Catahoula ...

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

Adding Catahoula to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Catahoula post office opened in 1892.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Catahoula.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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