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Welcome to Swansea ...

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

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


Swansea would have been located within present day Blount County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Swansea, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Swansea is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Swansea would have been located in the (205) & (269)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Swansea ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Swansea - they are located in Arizona, British Columbia, California, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nevada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Swansea ...

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

  • Trussville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Center Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gardendale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Moody
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
    • Moody is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <6>
  • Clay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Clay is located in Jefferson County
    • Estimated population in 2015: 9,655 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <6>
  • Pinson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Oneonta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Margaret
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Margaret have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margaret
    • Margaret is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Margaret <6>
  • Springville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Argo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Argo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
    • Argo is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 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 Swansea. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Swansea.

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

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

Adding Swansea to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Swansea post office opened in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Swansea.

The official website for Blount County: www.co.blount.al.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 Swansea, 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 Blount, 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 Swansea - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (269) is an overlay for area code (205).
<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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