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Welcome to Touchstone ...

Touchstone is located in Simpson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Touchstone, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Touchstone is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Touchstone: 601 & 769<3>

Communities near Touchstone ...

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

  • Pearl
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Pearl is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,560 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl <4>
  • Brandon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Byram
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Richland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Crystal Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Florence
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Magee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Magee is located in Simpson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,094 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Magee <4>
  • Mendenhall
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Terry
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • D'Lo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • D'Lo is located in Simpson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Lo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Touchstone ...

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

Adding Touchstone to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Touchstone post office opened in 1897. The Touchstone post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Touchstone.

Footnotes ...

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