Welcome to Plymouth ...

So far, we found very little information about Plymouth. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Plymouth to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Plymouth, please Contact Us.

Plymouth would have been located within present day Lowndes County<2>.

The location of Plymouth has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Plymouth, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1833.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Plymouth is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Plymouth was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Plymouth once stood is in the (662) area code.

Communities Also Named Plymouth ...

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

Beyond Mississippi, there are 38 communities that are also named Plymouth - they are located in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (3), Kansas (3), Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia (2), Ohio (3), Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Plymouth ...

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

• Starkville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
  • Starkville is located in Oktibbeha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,540 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Starkville <5>
• Columbus
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • Columbus is located in Lowndes County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,307 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <5>
• West Point
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
  • West Point is located in Clay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,378 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Point <5>
• Caledonia
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caledonia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
  • Caledonia is located in Lowndes County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,048 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caledonia <5>
• Crawford
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
  • Crawford is located in Lowndes County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crawford <5>
• Artesia
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
  • Artesia is located in Lowndes County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
• Ethelsville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ethelsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelsville
  • Ethelsville is located in Pickens County (AL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
• Bent Oak
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Oak
  • Bent Oak is located in Lowndes County
• Vinton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
  • Vinton is located in Clay County
• Kolola Springs
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kolola Springs
  • Kolola Springs is located in Lowndes County

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

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

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

Adding Plymouth to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Plymouth 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 Plymouth was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Plymouth post office opened in 1833.

We also found Plymouth in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plymouth.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/