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Welcome to Gholson ...

Gholson is located in Noxubee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gholson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838.

Gholson is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gholson: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Gholson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Gholson - it's located in Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gholson.

Communities near Gholson ...

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

  • Macon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Macon is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,384 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macon <4>
  • De Kalb
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Scooba
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Noxapater
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Shuqualak
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
  • Hashuqua ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
  • Lynville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lynville is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
  • Fearns Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
  • Handle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Handle is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
  • Mashulaville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gholson ...

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

Adding Gholson to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gholson post office opened in 1838. The Gholson post office closed in 1976.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gholson.

Footnotes ...

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