Welcome to Morgantown ...Morgantown is located in Marion County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Morgantown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915. Morgantown is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Morgantown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Morgantown: 601 & 769<3> Communities Also Named Morgantown ...While we believe that this Morgantown is located in Marion County, we know of another 2 Mississippi communities named Morgantown. Those communities are located in the following counties: Adams and Oktibbeha County. Beyond Mississippi, there are 19 communities that are also named Morgantown - they are located in Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland (2), Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio (5), Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Morgantown. Communities near Morgantown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Morgantown.
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 Morgantown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Morgantown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Morgantown. 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 Morgantown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Morgantown. See our Newspapers Page for Morgantown. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Morgantown ...Looking for more information about Morgantown? 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 Morgantown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Morgantown. Adding Morgantown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Morgantown 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 Morgantown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Morgantown. Footnotes ...
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