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Welcome to Belview Heights ...

Belview Heights is located in Colbert County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Belview Heights: Belview Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Belview Heights is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Belview Heights: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Belview Heights ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Belview Heights: This one is located in Colbert County and the other is located in Madison County.

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

Communities near Belview Heights ...

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

  • Florence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Muscle Shoals
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Russellville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Sheffield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Town Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Cherokee
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Littleville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Littleville is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
  • Killen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Florian
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
  • Leighton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Belview Heights ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Colbert, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Belview Heights - 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 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Belview Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Belview Heights 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.