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Welcome to Atlas ...

So far, we found very little information about Atlas. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Atlas to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Atlas, please Contact Us.


Atlas would have been located within present day Lauderdale County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Atlas, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Atlas, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Atlas is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Atlas was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Atlas would have been located in the (256) & (938)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Atlas ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Atlas - they are located in California, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Atlas ...

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

  • Florence
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Muscle Shoals
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muscle Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscle Shoals
    • Muscle Shoals is located in Colbert County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,877 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muscle Shoals <6>
  • Sheffield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuscumbia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Liberty Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
    • Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
  • Loretto
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loretto have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Loretto is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,781 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loretto <6>
  • Rogersville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
    • Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
    • Former name for Rogersville:
    • Rodgersville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <6>
  • Corning ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corning have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
    • Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
  • Town Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
    • Town Creek is located in Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Town Creek <6>
  • Killen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killen have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killen
    • Killen is located in Lauderdale County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 962 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Killen <6>

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

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

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

Adding Atlas to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Atlas in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Atlas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Atlas post office opened in 1890.

We also found Atlas on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Atlas.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Atlas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lauderdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Atlas - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (938) is an overlay for area code (256).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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