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Welcome to Carney ...

Carney is located in Baldwin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Carney is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Carney: 251

Communities Also Named Carney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Carney - they are located in Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Carney ...

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

  • Bay Minette
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Atmore
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Creola
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Creola is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
  • Phillipsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Phillipsville is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
  • Perdido
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stockton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitehouse Forks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks
  • Latham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Latham is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
  • Walnut Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Stapleton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carney ...

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

Adding Carney to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carney 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 Carney was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Carney post office opened in 1878. The Carney post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carney.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Baldwin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carney - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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/