Welcome to Roadside ...
Roadside is located in Yazoo County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Roadside, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.
Roadside is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Roadside lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Roadside: 662 & 471<3>
Communities Also Named Roadside ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Roadside - they are located in Georgia and Pennsylvania.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Roadside.
Communities near Roadside ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Roadside.
- Yazoo City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <4>
- Flora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bentonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Satartia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Satartia is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satartia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Jonestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jonestown is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Nod
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nod is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
- Anding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Oil City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
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 Roadside. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roadside.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Roadside. 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 Roadside.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Roadside. See our Newspapers Page for Roadside.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roadside ...
Looking for more information about Roadside? 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 Roadside, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Roadside.
Adding Roadside to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Roadside 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 (so far) for Roadside was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Roadside post office opened in 1901. The Roadside post office closed in 1906.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Roadside.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Yazoo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Roadside - 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 Roadside area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Roadside 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/ |