Welcome to Thomasville ...

Thomasville is located in Rankin County<1>.

The location of Thomasville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thomasville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1885.

Thomasville is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Telephone area codes for Thomasville: (601) and (769)<4>

Websites for Thomasville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rankinchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Thomasville, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Thomasville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Thomasville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Thomasville ...

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

• Jackson
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
  • Jackson is located in Hinds County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 157,821 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <5>
• Pearl
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
  • Pearl is located in Rankin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,560 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl <5>
• Brandon
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
  • Brandon is located in Rankin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,396 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brandon <5>
• Byram
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byram
  • Byram is located in Hinds County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 11,509 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byram <5>
• Flowood
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowood
  • Flowood is located in Rankin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,556 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flowood <5>
• Richland
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
  • Richland is located in Rankin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,270 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland <5>
• Florence
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Florence is located in Rankin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florence <5>
• Mendenhall
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mendenhall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall
  • Mendenhall is located in Simpson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,393 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mendenhall <5>
• Pelahatchie
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelahatchie
  • Pelahatchie is located in Rankin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,388 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelahatchie <5>
• Terry
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
  • Terry is located in Hinds County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terry <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Thomasville ...

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

Adding Thomasville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Thomasville post office opened in 1885.

We also found Thomasville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thomasville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Thomasville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Rankin County: www.rankincounty.org/

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