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Welcome to Wiltshire ...

Wiltshire is located in Carroll County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wiltshire, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Wiltshire is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wiltshire: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Wiltshire ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wiltshire - it's located in Tennessee.

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

Communities near Wiltshire ...

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

  • Winona
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Winona is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,830 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <4>
  • Durant
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Lexington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Vaiden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Kilmichael
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Kilmichael is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmichael
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
  • North Carrollton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
  • Carrollton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • West
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Acona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Acona is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acona
  • Coila
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Coila is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wiltshire ...

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

Adding Wiltshire to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wiltshire post office opened in 1910. The Wiltshire post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wiltshire.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wiltshire - 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 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Wiltshire area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Wiltshire 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/