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Welcome to Teckville ...

Teckville is located in Lafayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Teckville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Teckville is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Teckville: 662 & 471<3>

Communities near Teckville ...

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

  • Oxford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Oxford is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,635 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <4>
  • Senatobia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Batesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Sardis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Como
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Como is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <4>
  • Taylor
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Abbeville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Tyro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tyro is located in Tate County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
  • Laws Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
  • Aiken
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Aiken is located in Tate County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Teckville ...

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

Adding Teckville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Teckville post office opened in 1894. The Teckville post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Teckville.

Footnotes ...

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