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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in George, we use the following websites to find information relevant to George and the surrounding area.

  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for George:
    • 32.051265, -89.996749
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on George
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Rankin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin County
    • Since George is near Simpson County and also Hinds County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Simpson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for George

Communities Also Named George ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named George.

There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named George.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Yazoo County
      • This George is located in Yazoo County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the George that is located in Rankin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yazoo County community of George.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Newton County
      • This George is located in Newton County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the George that is located in Rankin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of George.
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of George [San Bernardino County].
    • Iowa
      • Lyon County
      • This George is located in Lyon County and lies 845 miles [1,359.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the George that is located in Rankin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of George.
    • Kansas
      • Pawnee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of George [Pawnee County].
    • Missouri
      • Franklin County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of George [Franklin County].
    • Montana
      • Liberty County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of George [Liberty County].
    • North Carolina
      • Northampton County
      • This George is located in Northampton County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the George that is located in Rankin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of George.
    • Ontario
      • This George lies 1,185 miles [1,907.1 km]<1> to the north of the George that is located in Rankin County.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This George is located in Clackamas County and lies 1,945 miles [3,130.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the George that is located in Rankin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of George.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of George [Washington County].
    • Texas
      • Madison County
      • This George is located in Madison County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the west of the George that is located in Rankin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of George.
    • Virginia
      • Cumberland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of George [Cumberland County].
    • Washington
      • Grant County
      • This George is located in Grant County and lies 1,880 miles [3,025.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the George that is located in Rankin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of George.

Curious and Interesting Names Near George ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Comeby ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Comeby is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comeby
  • Dane ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dane is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
  • Fink Bine ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fink Bine is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fink Bine
  • Gum Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gum Springs is located in Simpson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
  • King
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • King is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Merit
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Merit is located in Simpson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merit
  • Mountain Creek ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Mountain Creek is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
  • Piney Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Piney Woods is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods
  • Shady Dell ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Shady Dell is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Dell
  • Star
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Star is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
  • Touchstone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Touchstone is located in Simpson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Touchstone

How Far From George to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as George to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of George once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in George and extending to:

  • Brandon, which is the Seat of Rankin County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from George to Brandon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 867 miles [1,395.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,754 miles [10,869.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,467 miles [12,017 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,343 miles [8,598.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- George) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that George could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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 George, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from George to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in George. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0513, Longitude: -89.9967       In this case, the coordinates for George have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.50 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.202 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.861 degrees.