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Welcome to Colvins Gap ...Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County<1>. The location of Colvins Gap has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Colvins Gap, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. Colvins Gap is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Colvins Gap lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Colvins Gap (for example, toward Etna (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Telephone area codes for Colvins Gap: (256) & (938)<4> Websites for Colvins Gap ...Chamber of Commerce: www.calhounchamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Colvins Gap, the following might be of interest: Communities near Colvins Gap ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Colvins Gap.
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 Colvins Gap. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Colvins Gap. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Colvins Gap. 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 Colvins Gap. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Colvins Gap. See our Newspapers Page for Colvins Gap. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Colvins Gap ...Looking for more information about Colvins Gap? 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 Colvins Gap, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Colvins Gap. Adding Colvins Gap to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Colvins Gap 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 Colvins Gap was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Colvins Gap in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Colvins Gap. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Colvins Gap. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Calhoun County: www.calhouncounty.org/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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