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Welcome to Carmen ...

Carmen is located in Crenshaw County<1>.

Carmen is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Carmen: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Carmen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Carmen - they are located in Arizona, Idaho, Kansas (2), New York, North Carolina and Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Carmen ...

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

  • Troy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Troy is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,762 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Elba
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Elba is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,919 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elba <4>
  • Luverne
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Brantley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rutledge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rutledge is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
  • Dozier
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Goshen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Petrey
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Petrey is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
  • Social Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Social Town is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Town
  • Bullock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bullock is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carmen ...

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

Adding Carmen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carmen 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 Carmen was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carmen.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Crenshaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carmen - 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 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Carmen area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Carmen 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.