RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Mississippi >> Wilkinson County >> DolorosoIndex...

Welcome to Doloroso ...

Doloroso is located in Wilkinson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Doloroso, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

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

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

Area Codes for Doloroso: 601 & 769<3>

Communities near Doloroso ...

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

  • Natchez
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Vidalia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Vidalia is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidalia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,667 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vidalia <4>
  • Woodville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Crosby
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Wilkinson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
  • Fairview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Fairview is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Cloverdale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Cloverdale is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Garden City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Garden City is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Jeannette
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jeannette is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
  • Bougere
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Bougere is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bougere

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Doloroso ...

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

Adding Doloroso to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Doloroso 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 (so far) for Doloroso was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Doloroso post office opened in 1890. The Doloroso post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Doloroso.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Wilkinson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Doloroso - 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 Doloroso area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Doloroso 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>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/