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Welcome to Gerald ...So far, we found very little information about Gerald. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Gerald to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gerald, please Contact Us. Gerald would have been located within present day Coahoma County<2>. The location of Gerald has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Gerald, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. While the community is gone, the present day location for Gerald is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Gerald was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time If Gerald still existed, it would have been in the (662) area code. Communities Also Named Gerald ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Gerald - they are located in Alabama, Illinois (2), Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Saskatchewan and Texas (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gerald. Communities near Gerald ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gerald.
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 Gerald. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gerald. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gerald. 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 Gerald. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gerald. See our Newspapers Page for Gerald. Adding Gerald to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gerald 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 Gerald was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Gerald on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Gerald. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/ Footnotes ...
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