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Welcome to Edsville ...

Edsville is located in Holmes County<1>.

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

Edsville is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Edsville: 662 & 471<3>

Communities near Edsville ...

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

  • Kosciusko
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Durant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lexington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Goodman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Vaiden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • West
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sallis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Possumneck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Possumneck is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck
  • Rocky Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rocky Point is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
  • Auris ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 Edsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Edsville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Edsville ...

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

Adding Edsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Edsville post office opened in 1892. The Edsville post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Edsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Holmes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Edsville - 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 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Edsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Edsville 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/