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Welcome to Hunter ...

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

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


Hunter would have been located within present day Colbert County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Hunter, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hunter is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Hunter ...

While we believe that this Hunter is located in Colbert County, we know of another 2 Alabama communities named Hunter. Those communities are located in the following counties: Dallas and Montgomery County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 31 communities that are also named Hunter - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada (2), New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hunter ...

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

  • Florence
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Muscle Shoals
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muscle Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
  • Russellville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sheffield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Tuscumbia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Town Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
  • Littleville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
    • Littleville is located in Colbert County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
  • Killen
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
  • Saint Florian
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Florian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
    • Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
  • Leighton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leighton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leighton
    • Leighton is located in Colbert County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leighton <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 Hunter. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hunter.

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

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

Adding Hunter to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hunter 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 Hunter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Hunter post office opened in 1887.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hunter.

The official website for Colbert County: www.colbertcounty.org/

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 Hunter, 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 Colbert, 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 Hunter - 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>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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