Welcome to Arctic ...

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

We've added Arctic to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Arctic - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Arctic, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Arctic , we believe that it would have been located within present day Winston County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arctic, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

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

Communities Also Named Arctic ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Arctic - they are located in New York and Rhode Island.

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

Adding Arctic to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Arctic was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Arctic post office opened in 1900.

We also found Arctic on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arctic.

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 Arctic, 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 Winston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/