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>.

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

If Bluff City still existed, it would have been in the (256) and (938)<5> area codes.

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)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Triana have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
  • Triana is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
• Falkville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falkville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • 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.<7>

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/