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Welcome to Perthshire ...

Perthshire is located in Bolivar County<1>.

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

Perthshire is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Perthshire: 662 & 471<3>

Communities near Perthshire ...

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

  • Cleveland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Shelby
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Rosedale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mound Bayou
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Renova
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Renova is located in Bolivar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
  • Duncan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Duncan is located in Bolivar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
  • Merigold
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Beulah
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Pace
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Pace is located in Bolivar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
  • Alligator
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Perthshire ...

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

Adding Perthshire to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Perthshire post office opened in 1889. The Perthshire post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perthshire.

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 Perthshire - 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 Perthshire area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Perthshire 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/