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Welcome to Tuckers Crossing ...

Tuckers Crossing is located in Jones County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Tuckers Crossing: Tuckers Xing.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Tuckers Crossing for more information about variations on the name of Tuckers Crossing.

Tuckers Crossing is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tuckers Crossing: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Tuckers Crossing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Mississippi communities named Tuckers Crossing: This one is located in Jones County and the other is located in Leake County.

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

Communities near Tuckers Crossing ...

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

  • Laurel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ellisville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Sandersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Sandersville is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
  • Heidelberg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Soso
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Soso is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
  • Errata
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Errata is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errata
  • Ovett
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ovett is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovett
  • Service
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Service is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
  • Moss
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Moss is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
    • Moss has also been known as:
    • Mossville
  • Amy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Amy is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tuckers Crossing ...

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

Footnotes ...

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