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Welcome to Peters ...

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

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


Peters would have been located within present day Marshall County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Peters, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Peters is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

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

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

Communities Also Named Peters ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Peters - they are located in Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan (2), Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina and Texas.

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

Communities near Peters ...

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

  • Albertville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Boaz
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • 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>
  • Guntersville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
    • Guntersville is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
    • Former names for Guntersville:
    • Gunter's Ferry
    • Gunter's Landing
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <6>
  • Rainsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <6>
  • New Hope
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Collinsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Crossville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sardis City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sardis City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
    • Sardis City is located in Etowah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
  • Fyffe
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fyffe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <6>
  • Powell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Powell is located in DeKalb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 908 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 Peters. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Peters.

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

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

Adding Peters to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Peters post office opened in 1879.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Peters.

The official website for Marshall County: www.marshallco.org/www/

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 Peters, 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 Marshall, 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 Peters - 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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