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Welcome to Ardilla ...

Ardilla is located in Houston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ardilla, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Ardilla is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ardilla lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Area Codes for Ardilla: 334 & 483<3>

Communities near Ardilla ...

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

  • Dothan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Headland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Taylor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Taylor is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,440 people
  • Midland City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Kinsey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Kinsey is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,293 people
  • Ashford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Graceville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cowarts
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Malone
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Malone is located in Jackson County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,082 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malone <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ardilla ...

Looking for more information about Ardilla? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ardilla, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ardilla.

Adding Ardilla to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ardilla in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ardilla was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ardilla post office opened in 1898. The Ardilla post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ardilla.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Houston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ardilla - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Ardilla area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Ardilla area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/