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Welcome to Pineville ...

Pineville is located in Smith County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pineville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

Pineville is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pineville: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Pineville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Mississippi communities named Pineville: This one is located in Smith County and the other is located in Harrison County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 22 communities that are also named Pineville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Virginia (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Pineville ...

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

  • Forest
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Newton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Bay Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Raleigh
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Polkville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Polkville is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
  • Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Louin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Louin is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
  • Montrose
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Montrose is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
  • Sylvarena
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sylvarena is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvarena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
  • Burns
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Burns is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pineville ...

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

Adding Pineville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pineville post office opened in 1848. The Pineville post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pineville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Smith, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pineville - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Pineville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Pineville 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/