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Welcome to Fort Pillow ...

Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Pillow, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Pillow: Ft. Pillow

Fort Pillow is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Fort Pillow: 731

Websites for Fort Pillow ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.laudcc.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Fort Pillow, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Fort Pillow ...

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

  • Clopton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Clopton is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
  • Atoka
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Covington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Ripley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Osceola
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Munford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Mount Carmel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
  • Brighton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Daniels Point Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
  • Luxora
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Pillow ...

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

Adding Fort Pillow to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Pillow in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Fort Pillow was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fort Pillow post office opened in 1878. The Fort Pillow post office closed in 1985.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Pillow.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Lauderdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Pillow - 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/