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Welcome to Fordyke ...

Fordyke is located in Yazoo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fordyke, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

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

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

Area Codes for Fordyke: 662 & 471<3>

Communities near Fordyke ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fordyke ...

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

Adding Fordyke to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fordyke post office opened in 1889. The Fordyke post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fordyke.

Footnotes ...

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