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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>.

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.<3>.

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<4>

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.

Websites for Bluff City ...

Junior League:   www.jlmorgancounty.com/

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)
  • Decatur
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Decatur is also located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <5>
  • Madison
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hartselle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Priceville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Trinity
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Trinity is also located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,467 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trinity <5>
  • Owens' Cross Roads
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Triana
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Triana is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
  • Falkville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Flint City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Flint City is also located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City

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 (so far) for Bluff City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Bluff City post office opened in 1874. The Bluff City post office closed in 1877.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bluff City.

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 elevation is an estimate for the area around Bluff City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/