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Welcome to Batesville ...

Batesville is located in Barbour County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Batesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Batesville is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Batesville: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Batesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Batesville - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia (2), Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas (2), Utah and Virginia.

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

Communities near Batesville ...

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

  • Eufaula
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Clayton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hurtsboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Hurtsboro is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
  • Midway
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Midway is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Bakerhill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Bakerhill is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerhill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
  • Comer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Comer is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
  • Hawkinsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hawkinsville is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
  • Spring Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Spring Hill is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
  • Big Eddy ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Big Eddy is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy
  • Glenville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenville is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Batesville ...

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

Adding Batesville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Batesville post office opened in 1854. The Batesville post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Batesville.

Footnotes ...

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