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Welcome to Tucker ...

Tucker is located in Neshoba County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tucker, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1882.

Tucker is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tucker: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Tucker ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Tucker - they are located in Alabama (3), Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois (2), Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma (2), Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Tucker ...

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

  • Philadelphia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Union
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Decatur
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Noxapater
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noxapater have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxapater
    • Noxapater is located in Winston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noxapater <4>
  • Sebastopol
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sebastopol have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastopol
    • Sebastopol is located in Scott County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebastopol <4>
  • House
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Neshoba
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Spinks ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spinks have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
    • Spinks is located in Kemper County
  • Bogue Chitto
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bogue Chitto have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
    • Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
  • Dixon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dixon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Dixon is located in Neshoba County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Dixon
    • From Tucker to Dixon

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tucker ...

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

Adding Tucker to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tucker 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 Tucker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Tucker post office opened in 1882.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tucker.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Neshoba, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tucker - 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 Tucker area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Tucker 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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