Welcome to Lightville ...
So far, we found very little information about Lightville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Lightville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lightville, please Contact Us.
Lightville would have been located within present day Marion County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Lightville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Lightville is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Lightville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Lightville was located: 601 & 769<4>
Communities near Lightville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lightville.
- Columbia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prentiss
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bassfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Silver Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oak Vale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
- Tilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Kokomo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Arm is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arm
- Sartinville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sartinville is located in Walthall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartinville
- Melba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Melba is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba
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 Lightville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lightville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lightville. 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 Lightville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lightville. See our Newspapers Page for Lightville.
Adding Lightville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Lightville 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 (so far) for Lightville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Lightville post office opened in 1859. The Lightville post office closed in 1974.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Lightville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Lightville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lightville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Lightville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Lightville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |