Welcome to Pisgah ...Pisgah is located in Rankin County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Pisgah, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897. Pisgah is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Pisgah lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Pisgah: 601 & 769<3> Communities Also Named Pisgah ...While we believe that this Pisgah is located in Rankin County, we know of another 2 Mississippi communities named Pisgah. Those communities are located in the following counties: Greene and Prentiss County. Beyond Mississippi, there are 28 communities that are also named Pisgah - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (3), California, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee (4), Texas (2), Virginia (2) and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pisgah. Websites for Pisgah ...Chamber of Commerce: www.rankinchamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Pisgah, the following might be of interest: Communities near Pisgah ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pisgah.
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 Pisgah. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pisgah. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pisgah. 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 Pisgah. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pisgah. See our Newspapers Page for Pisgah. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pisgah ...Looking for more information about Pisgah? 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 Pisgah, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pisgah. Adding Pisgah to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Pisgah 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 Pisgah was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Pisgah. Footnotes ...
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