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Welcome to Tilton ...

Tilton is located in Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tilton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Tilton is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tilton: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Tilton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Tilton - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, New Hampshire and Newfoundland and Labrador.

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

Communities near Tilton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tilton ...

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

Adding Tilton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tilton post office opened in 1888. The Tilton post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tilton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tilton - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Tilton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Tilton 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/