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Welcome to Parkersburg ...

Parkersburg is located in Chickasaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Parkersburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Parkersburg is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Parkersburg: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Parkersburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Parkersburg - they are located in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Parkersburg ...

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

  • Houston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Okolona
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Shannon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Vardaman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Algoma
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • New Houlka
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • New Houlka is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Houlka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 601 people
    • Former names for New Houlka:
    • Houlka
    • Old Houlka
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Houlka <4>
  • Mantee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Mantee is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
  • Woodland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodland is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
  • Thelma
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Thelma is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
  • Sycamore ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sycamore is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Parkersburg ...

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

Adding Parkersburg to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Parkersburg post office opened in 1897. The Parkersburg post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Parkersburg.

Footnotes ...

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