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Welcome to Buzzard Roost ...

Buzzard Roost is located in Colbert County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buzzard Roost, you might consider that their post office opened in 1811.

Buzzard Roost is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Buzzard Roost: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Buzzard Roost ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Buzzard Roost - they are located in Arkansas and Ohio.

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

Communities near Buzzard Roost ...

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

  • Florence
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Sheffield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Tuscumbia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Iuka
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <4>
  • Cherokee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Burnsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Tishomingo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Waterloo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Paden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
  • Caryton ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Caryton is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buzzard Roost ...

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

Adding Buzzard Roost to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buzzard Roost in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Buzzard Roost was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Buzzard Roost post office opened in 1811. The Buzzard Roost post office closed in 1856.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buzzard Roost.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Colbert, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buzzard Roost - 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 Buzzard Roost area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Buzzard Roost 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/