Welcome to Bridgeville ...
Bridgeville is located in Pickens County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Bridgeville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.
Bridgeville is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Bridgeville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Bridgeville: 205 & 659<3>
Communities Also Named Bridgeville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Bridgeville - they are located in California, Delaware, Kentucky (2), Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2) and Quebec.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bridgeville.
Communities near Bridgeville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bridgeville.
- Carrollton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carrollton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
- Pickensville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pickensville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 572 people
- Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Gainesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gainesville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Geiger
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Geiger is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Memphis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Memphis is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- McMullen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McMullen is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
- Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garden is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden
- Beaver Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Town is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Town
- Olney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Olney is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
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 Bridgeville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bridgeville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bridgeville. 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 Bridgeville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bridgeville. See our Newspapers Page for Bridgeville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bridgeville ...
Looking for more information about Bridgeville? 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 Bridgeville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bridgeville.
Adding Bridgeville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Bridgeville 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 Bridgeville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Bridgeville post office opened in 1855. The Bridgeville post office closed in 1903.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Bridgeville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Pickens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bridgeville - 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 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Bridgeville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Bridgeville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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/ |