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Welcome to Adelia ...

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

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

Adelia would have been located within present day Calhoun County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Adelia, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1882.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Adelia is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

The Area Codes where Adelia was located: 256 & 938<4>

Communities Also Named Adelia ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Adelia - they are located in Nebraska and South Dakota.

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

Communities near Adelia ...

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

  • Gadsden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Anniston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jacksonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacksonville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Jacksonville is located in Calhoun County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,972 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacksonville <5>
  • Rainbow City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Southside
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southside have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
    • Southside is located in Calhoun County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,046 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southside <5>
  • Attalla
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Glencoe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glencoe have been provided by the GNIS.<6> 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 <5>
  • Piedmont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piedmont have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
    • Piedmont is located in Calhoun County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,470 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piedmont <5>
  • Hokes Bluff
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hokes Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<6> 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 <5>
  • Centre
    (17 miles [27.4 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 Adelia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Adelia.

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

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

Adding Adelia to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Adelia post office opened in 1882.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Adelia.

The official website for Calhoun County: www.calhouncounty.org/

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 Adelia, 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 Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Adelia - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Adelia area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Adelia area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<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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