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Welcome to Baltic ...

Baltic is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Baltic, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Baltic is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Baltic: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Baltic ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Baltic - they are located in Connecticut, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Prince Edward Island and South Dakota.

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

Communities near Baltic ...

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

  • Troy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Troy is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,762 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Elba
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Elba is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,919 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elba <4>
  • Luverne
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Brundidge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • New Brockton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Brantley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Ariton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ariton is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ariton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
  • Rutledge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Rutledge is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
  • Goshen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Glenwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Baltic ...

Looking for more information about Baltic? 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 Baltic, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Baltic.

Adding Baltic to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Baltic 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 Baltic was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Baltic post office opened in 1895. The Baltic post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Baltic.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Baltic - 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 Baltic area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Baltic 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/