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Welcome to Southside ...

Southside is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Southside, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

Southside is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Southside lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Southside: 704 & 980<3>

Communities Also Named Southside ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Carolina communities named Southside: This one is located in Lincoln County and the other is located in Henderson County.

Beyond North Carolina, there are 25 communities that are also named Southside - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Florida (4), Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Southside ...

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

  • Gastonia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Shelby
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
    • Shelby is located in Cleveland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,145 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <4>
  • Mount Holly
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Mount Holly is located in Gaston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,415 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Holly <4>
  • Newton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Belmont
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Kings Mountain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Conover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conover have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
    • Conover is located in Catawba County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,573 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conover <4>
  • Cherryville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bessemer City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Dallas
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dallas have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
    • Dallas is located in Gaston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,851 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dallas <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Southside ...

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

Adding Southside to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Southside 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 Southside was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Southside post office opened in 1903.

We also found Southside on a map titled Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Southside.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Southside - 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 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Southside area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Southside 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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