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Welcome to Bamford ...

Bamford is located in Shelby County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bamford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Bamford is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bamford: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Bamford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Bamford - they are located in Ontario and Pennsylvania (2).

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

Communities near Bamford ...

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

  • Birmingham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Hoover
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hoover is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoover <4>
  • Vestavia Hills
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Alabaster
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bessemer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Homewood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pelham
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Helena
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mountain Brook
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Calera
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bamford ...

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

Adding Bamford to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bamford post office opened in 1891. The Bamford post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bamford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Shelby, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bamford - 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 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Bamford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Bamford 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/