Welcome to Limerick ...
Limerick is located in Yazoo County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Limerick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.
Limerick is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Limerick lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Limerick: 662 & 471<3>
Communities Also Named Limerick ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Limerick - they are located in Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, New Brunswick, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan and South Carolina.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Limerick.
Communities near Limerick ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Limerick.
- Yazoo City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <4>
- Bentonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Louise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Satartia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Satartia is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satartia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Oil City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Jonestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jonestown is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Kearney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kearney is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Anding
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Lake City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
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 Limerick. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Limerick.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Limerick. 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 Limerick.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Limerick. See our Newspapers Page for Limerick.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Limerick ...
Looking for more information about Limerick? 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 Limerick, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Limerick.
Adding Limerick to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Limerick 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 Limerick was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Limerick post office opened in 1900. The Limerick post office closed in 1926.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Limerick.
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 Limerick - 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 Limerick area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Limerick 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/ |