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Welcome to Pumpkin Center ...

Pumpkin Center is located in Union County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Pumpkin Center: Pumpkin Ctr. (or less commonly used: Pumpkin Cen., Pumpkin Cent. or Pumpkin Cntr.)

Pumpkin Center is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pumpkin Center: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Pumpkin Center ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Pumpkin Center - they are located in Alabama (3), Arizona (2), California (2), Florida, Georgia, Indiana (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri (2), North Carolina (3), Oklahoma (4), South Dakota, Tennessee (3) and Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Pumpkin Center ...

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

  • Pontotoc
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Ripley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Ecru
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Ecru is located in Pontotoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ecru
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ecru <4>
  • Blue Mountain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
  • Sherman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Thaxton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Flat
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Myrtle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Dumas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dumas is located in Tippah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
  • Potts Camp
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pumpkin Center ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pumpkin Center - 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 Pumpkin Center area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Pumpkin Center 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.