Welcome to Mooring ...
Mooring is located in Lake County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Mooring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.
Mooring is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Mooring lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Mooring: 731
Communities Also Named Mooring ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Mooring - it's located in Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mooring.
Communities near Mooring ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mooring.
- Mengelwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Caruthersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tiptonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newbern
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Portageville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Madrid
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Madrid have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Madrid
- New Madrid is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,765 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Madrid <3>
- Hayti
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti
- Hayti is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayti <3>
- Ridgely
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Markham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Markham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Markham
- New Markham is located in Lake County
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,354 people
- Powells Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powells Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 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 Mooring. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mooring.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mooring. 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 Mooring.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mooring. See our Newspapers Page for Mooring.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mooring ...
Looking for more information about Mooring? 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 Mooring, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mooring.
Adding Mooring to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Mooring 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 Mooring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Mooring post office opened in 1895.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Mooring.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mooring - 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> | 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. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |