Welcome to Davisville ...
So far, we found very little information about Davisville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Davisville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Davisville, please Contact Us.
Davisville would have been located within present day Jasper County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Davisville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Davisville is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Davisville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Davisville was located: 601 & 769<4>
Communities Also Named Davisville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Davisville - they are located in Alabama (2), Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire (2), New Jersey (2), Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas (2) and West Virginia (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Davisville.
Communities near Davisville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Davisville.
- Quitman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bay Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stonewall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Sandersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sandersville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Heidelberg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Enterprise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shubuta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shubuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shubuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Louin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Louin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Pachuta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pachuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Montrose
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Montrose is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
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 Davisville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Davisville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Davisville. 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 Davisville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Davisville. See our Newspapers Page for Davisville.
Adding Davisville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Davisville 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 Davisville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Davisville post office opened in 1852. The Davisville post office closed in 1883.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Davisville.
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 Davisville, 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 Jasper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Davisville - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Davisville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Davisville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |