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Welcome to Hymer ...

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

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


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


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Hymer, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hymer is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

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

The location where Hymer once stood is in the (256) & (938)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Hymer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hymer - it's located in Kansas.

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

Communities near Hymer ...

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

  • Scottsboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • South Pittsburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Henagar
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Bridgeport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgeport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Bridgeport is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
    • Former name for Bridgeport:
    • Jonesville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <6>
  • Trenton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trenton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
    • Trenton is located in Dade County (GA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <6>
  • Stevenson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stevenson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
    • Stevenson is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,896 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stevenson <6>
  • Sylvania
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Kimball
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kimball have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
    • Kimball is located in Marion County (TN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,453 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kimball <6>
  • New Hope
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • New Hope is located in Marion County (TN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
  • Hollywood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>

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

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

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

Adding Hymer to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hymer post office opened in 1900.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hymer.

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 Hymer, 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 Hymer - 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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