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Welcome to Costilla ...

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

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


Costilla would have been located within present day Geneva County<2>.


The location of Costilla has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Costilla, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Costilla is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Costilla (for example, toward Cedar Springs (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Costilla would have been located in the (334) area code.

Communities Also Named Costilla ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Costilla - it's located in New Mexico.

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

Communities near Costilla ...

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

  • Enterprise
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Enterprise is located in Coffee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,997 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <5>
  • Daleville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
    • Daleville is located in Dale County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,095 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Daleville <5>
  • Geneva
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geneva have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
    • Geneva is located in Geneva County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,262 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <5>
  • Hartford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Level Plains
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Level Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Plains
    • Level Plains is located in Dale County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,952 people
  • Slocomb
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slocomb have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocomb
    • Slocomb is located in Geneva County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,929 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slocomb <5>
  • Samson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • New Brockton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Brockton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brockton
    • New Brockton is located in Coffee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,286 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Brockton <5>
  • Clayhatchee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayhatchee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhatchee
    • Clayhatchee is located in Dale County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
  • Kinston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinston
    • Kinston is located in Coffee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kinston <5>

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

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

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

Adding Costilla to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Costilla 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 Costilla was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Costilla post office opened in 1894.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Costilla.

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 Costilla, 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 Geneva, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Costilla - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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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