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Welcome to Jesse ...

Jesse is located in Pontotoc County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jesse, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Jesse is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Jesse: 580

Communities Also Named Jesse ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Jesse - they are located in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Jesse ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jesse ...

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

Adding Jesse to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jesse 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 Jesse was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Jesse post office opened in 1898. The Jesse post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jesse.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Pontotoc, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jesse - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/