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Welcome to Burchfield ...

Burchfield is located in Tuscaloosa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Burchfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Burchfield is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Burchfield: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Burchfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Burchfield - it's located in West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Burchfield.

Communities near Burchfield ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Burchfield.

  • Tuscaloosa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Northport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hueytown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Lake View
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
  • Brookwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Vance
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Vance is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,807 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <4>
  • Coaling
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Coaling is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaling
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,633 people
  • Woodstock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sylvan Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • West Blocton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Burchfield. 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 Burchfield.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burchfield ...

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

Adding Burchfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Burchfield 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 Burchfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Burchfield post office opened in 1894. The Burchfield post office closed in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Burchfield.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Tuscaloosa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Burchfield - 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 Burchfield area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Burchfield 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.
<5>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/