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Welcome to Catalpa ...

Catalpa is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Catalpa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Catalpa is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Catalpa (for example, toward Sanford (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Catalpa: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Catalpa ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Catalpa - they are located in Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Tennessee (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Catalpa ...

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

  • Troy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • Union Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Brundidge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Clio
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Clio is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clio <4>
  • Louisville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Louisville is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Banks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Linwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Linwood is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
  • Saco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Saco is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
  • Buckhorn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Buckhorn is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
  • Needmore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Needmore is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Catalpa ...

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

Adding Catalpa to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Catalpa post office opened in 1885. The Catalpa post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Catalpa.

Footnotes ...

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