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Welcome to Mooresville ...

Mooresville is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mooresville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1827.

Mooresville is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mooresville: 931

Communities Also Named Mooresville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Mooresville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana (2), Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Mooresville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.marshallchamber.org/

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

Communities near Mooresville ...

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

  • Columbia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lewisburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Powell Chapel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
  • Pulaski
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jonesboro ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jonesboro is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Southport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Southport is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
  • Wales
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wales is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
  • Chapel Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Olivet
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Olivet is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 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 Mooresville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mooresville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mooresville ...

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

Adding Mooresville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mooresville post office opened in 1827. The Mooresville post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mooresville.

Footnotes ...

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