Welcome to Peden ...
So far, we found very little information about Peden. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Peden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Peden, please Contact Us.
Peden would have been located within present day Kemper County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Peden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Peden is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Peden was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Peden ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Peden - they are located in North Carolina and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Peden.
Communities near Peden ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Peden.
- De Kalb
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- De Kalb is located in Kemper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,005 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for De Kalb <4>
- Scooba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scooba have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scooba
- Scooba is located in Kemper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scooba <4>
- Shuqualak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Bogue Chitto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bogue Chitto have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Handle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Hashuqua ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Fearns Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fearns Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Ocobla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Rio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Peden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Peden.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Peden. 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 Peden.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Peden. See our Newspapers Page for Peden.
Adding Peden to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Peden 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 for Peden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Peden post office opened in 1858.
We also found Peden in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Peden.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
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 Peden, 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 Kemper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Peden - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |