Welcome to Peeksville ...

Peeksville is located in Ashland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Peeksville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Peeksville is 1,520 feet [463 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Peeksville: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Peeksville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Peeksville - it's located in Georgia.

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

Communities near Peeksville ...

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

• Park Falls
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Park Falls is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
• Lake
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lake is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
  • Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
• Mellen
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Mellen is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellen
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
• Butternut
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Butternut is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
• Kennedy
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Kennedy is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
• Fifield
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Fifield is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
• Tannery Town
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Tannery Town is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery Town
• White City
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • White City is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
• High Bridge
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • High Bridge is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
• Lugerville
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Lugerville is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Peeksville ...

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

Adding Peeksville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Peeksville post office opened in 1915. The Peeksville post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Peeksville.