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Welcome to Lightfoot ...

Lightfoot is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lightfoot, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Lightfoot is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lightfoot: 731

Communities Also Named Lightfoot ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Lightfoot - they are located in Georgia, Idaho and Virginia.

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

Websites for Lightfoot ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.laudcc.com/

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

Communities near Lightfoot ...

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

  • Blytheville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Clopton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Clopton is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
  • Covington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Ripley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ripley is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,624 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <3>
  • Osceola
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Osceola is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,576 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <3>
  • Mount Carmel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
  • Brighton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Daniels Point Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
  • Halls
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Halls is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halls <3>
  • Luxora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • 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 Lightfoot. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lightfoot.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lightfoot ...

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

Adding Lightfoot to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lightfoot post office opened in 1884. The Lightfoot post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lightfoot.

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 Lightfoot - 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/