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Welcome to Fordsville ...So far, we found very little information about Fordsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Fordsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fordsville, please Contact Us. Fordsville would have been located within present day Marion County<2>. The location of Fordsville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Fordsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1828. While the community is gone, the present day location for Fordsville is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Fordsville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time If Fordsville still existed, it would have been in the (601) and (769)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Fordsville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Fordsville - they are located in Kentucky and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fordsville. Communities near Fordsville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fordsville.
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 Fordsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fordsville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fordsville. 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 Fordsville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fordsville. See our Newspapers Page for Fordsville. Adding Fordsville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fordsville 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 Fordsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Fordsville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Fordsville. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/ Footnotes ...
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