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Welcome to Dodsonville ...

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

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


Dodsonville would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Dodsonville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dodsonville is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

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

If Dodsonville still existed, it would have been in the (256) and (938)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Dodsonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Dodsonville - they are located in Ohio and Texas.

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

Communities near Dodsonville ...

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

  • Scottsboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Guntersville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
    • Guntersville is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
    • Former names for Guntersville:
    • Gunter's Ferry
    • Gunter's Landing
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <6>
  • Rainsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsville
    • Rainsville is located in DeKalb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,149 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rainsville <6>
  • New Hope
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Owens' Cross Roads
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owens' Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens' Cross Roads
    • Owens' Cross Roads is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,233 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owens' Cross Roads <6>
  • Sylvania
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvania have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
    • Sylvania is located in DeKalb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,860 people
  • Fyffe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fyffe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fyffe
    • Fyffe is located in DeKalb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,076 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fyffe <6>
  • Hollywood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollywood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
    • Hollywood is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollywood <6>
  • Powell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Powell is located in DeKalb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 908 people
  • Grant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

Adding Dodsonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dodsonville 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 Dodsonville was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

We also found Dodsonville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dodsonville.

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 Dodsonville, 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 Jackson, 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 Dodsonville - 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.









 

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