Welcome to Mecca ...Mecca is located Mecca is located in Madison County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Mecca, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Mecca is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Mecca lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Mecca - they are located in Alabama, California, Florida (2), Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon and Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mecca. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mecca. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mecca. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mecca. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mecca. 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 Mecca. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mecca. See our Newspapers Page for Mecca. Looking for more information about Mecca? 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 Mecca, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mecca. We originally found mention of Mecca 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 Mecca was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Mecca.
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