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Welcome to Bird ...

So far, we found very little information about Bird. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bird to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bird, please Contact Us.


Bird would have been located within present day Blount County<2>.


The location of Bird has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Bird, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bird is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Bird was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Bird would have been located in the (205) & (269)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Bird ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Bird - they are located in Alaska, Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan, New York, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Bird ...

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

  • Albertville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Boaz
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
    • Boaz is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <6>
  • Oneonta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Attalla
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Springville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Ashville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashville
    • Ashville is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,396 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashville <6>
  • Sardis City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sardis City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
    • Sardis City is located in Etowah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
  • Blountsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blountsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
    • Blountsville is located in Blount County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,657 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blountsville <6>
  • Cleveland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleveland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
    • Cleveland is located in Blount County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,315 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleveland <6>
  • Locust Fork
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Fork
    • Locust Fork is located in Blount County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,178 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Locust Fork <6>

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

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

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

Adding Bird to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bird in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bird was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Bird post office opened in 1890.

We also found Bird in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bird.

The official website for Blount County: www.co.blount.al.us/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bird, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Blount, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bird - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (269) is an overlay for area code (205).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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