Welcome to Bluff City ...
So far, we found very little information about Bluff City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bluff City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bluff City, please Contact Us.
Bluff City would have been located within present day Morgan County<2>.
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The location of Bluff City has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Bluff City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Bluff City is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Bluff City was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Bluff City was located: 256 & 938<5>
Websites for Bluff City ...
Junior League: www.jlmorgancounty.com/
Communities Also Named Bluff City ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Bluff City - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bluff City.
Communities near Bluff City ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bluff City.
- Huntsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Huntsville is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202,964 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntsville <6>
- Decatur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <6>
- Madison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Madison is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52,654 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <6>
- Hartselle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartselle
- Hartselle is located in Morgan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,470 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartselle <6>
- Priceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Priceville is located in Morgan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Priceville <6>
- Trinity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trinity have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Trinity is located in Morgan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trinity <6>
- Owens' Cross Roads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owens' Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens' Cross Roads
- Owens' Cross Roads is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,233 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owens' Cross Roads <6>
- Triana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Falkville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Falkville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkville
- Falkville is located in Morgan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,256 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falkville <6>
- Flint City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
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 Bluff City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bluff City.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bluff City. 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 Bluff City.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bluff City. See our Newspapers Page for Bluff City.
Adding Bluff City to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Bluff City 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 for Bluff City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>
From that list, the Bluff City post office opened in 1874.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Bluff City.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Morgan County: www.co.morgan.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 Bluff City, 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 Morgan, 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 Bluff City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | 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 Bluff City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Bluff City area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <8> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |