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Welcome to Mound City ...

Mound City is located in Bolivar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mound City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

Mound City is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mound City: 662

Communities Also Named Mound City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Mississippi communities named Mound City: This one is located in Bolivar County and the other is located in Union County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 12 communities that are also named Mound City - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, Texas and Utah.

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

Communities near Mound City ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mound City ...

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

Adding Mound City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mound City post office opened in 1889.

We also found Mound City in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mound City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Bolivar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mound City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/