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Welcome to Marcus ...

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

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


Marcus would have been located within present day DeKalb County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Marcus, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Marcus is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

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

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

Communities Also Named Marcus ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Marcus - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, South Dakota, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Marcus ...

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

  • Gadsden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Albertville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Boaz
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
    • Boaz is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <6>
  • Rainbow City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Attalla
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Glencoe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glencoe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
    • Glencoe is located in Etowah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glencoe <6>
  • Hokes Bluff
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hokes Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hokes Bluff
    • Hokes Bluff is located in Etowah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,240 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hokes Bluff <6>
  • Centre
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Collinsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Crossville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Marcus to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Marcus post office opened in 1890.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Marcus.

The official website for DeKalb County: www.dekalbcountyal.us/

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 Marcus, 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 DeKalb, 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 Marcus - 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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