Welcome to Center Point ...So far, we found very little information about Center Point. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Center Point to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Center Point, please Contact Us. Center Point would have been located within present day Tallahatchie County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Center Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871. A typical abbreviation for Center Point: Center Pt. See our Genealogy Helper Page for Center Point for more information about variations on the name of Center Point. While the community is gone, the present day location for Center Point is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Center Point was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Center Point was located: 662 & 471<4> Communities Also Named Center Point ...While we believe that this Center Point is located in Tallahatchie County, we know of another 3 Mississippi communities named Center Point. Those communities are located in the following counties: Attala, Lincoln and Noxubee County. Beyond Mississippi, there are 42 communities that are also named Center Point - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (5), Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri (3), New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee (7), Texas (11) and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Center Point. Communities near Center Point ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Center Point.
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 Center Point. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Center Point. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Center Point. 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 Center Point. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Center Point. See our Newspapers Page for Center Point. Adding Center Point to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Center Point 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 Center Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Center Point. Footnotes ...
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