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Welcome to Booker T City ...

Booker T City is located in Calhoun County<1>.

Booker T City is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Booker T City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Area Codes for Booker T City: 256 & 938<3>

Websites for Booker T City ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.calhounchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Booker T City, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Booker T City ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Booker T City.

  • Gadsden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Oxford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Anniston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Rainbow City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Southside
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Glencoe
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Piedmont
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hokes Bluff
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Heflin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Weaver
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Weaver is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,030 people

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Booker T 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 Booker T City.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Booker T City ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Booker T City - 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 Booker T City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Booker T City 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.