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Welcome to Lightwood ...Lightwood is located in Elmore County<1>. We aren't confident of the location of Lightwood, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Lightwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889. Lightwood is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Lightwood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Lightwood lies within the (334) area code. Communities near Lightwood ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lightwood.
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 Lightwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lightwood. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lightwood. 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 Lightwood. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lightwood. See our Newspapers Page for Lightwood. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lightwood ...Looking for more information about Lightwood? 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 Lightwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lightwood. Adding Lightwood to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lightwood in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lightwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Lightwood in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Lightwood. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lightwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Elmore County: www.elmoreco.org/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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