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Welcome to Little River ...

Little River is located in Cherokee County<1>.


The location of Little River has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Little River, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

A typical abbreviation for Little River: Little Riv.

Little River is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Little River lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Telephone area codes for Little River: (256) & (938)<4>

Communities Also Named Little River ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Little River: This one is located in Cherokee County and the other is located in Baldwin County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 30 communities that are also named Little River - they are located in Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Florida (2), Georgia, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia (3), South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Texas, Virginia and Yukon.

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

Communities near Little River ...

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

  • Fort Payne
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Rainsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <5>
  • Centre
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Collinsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Crossville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Bluff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
    • Cedar Bluff is located in Cherokee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,829 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Bluff <5>
  • Fyffe
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fyffe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <5>
  • Leesburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Geraldine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Sand Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
    • Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little River ...

Looking for more information about Little River? 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 Little River, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Little River.

Adding Little River to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Little River post office opened in 1858.

We also found Little River in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little River.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Little River. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Cherokee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Little River - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Area code (938) is an overlay for area code (256).
<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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