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Welcome to Cecil ...

Cecil is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cecil, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Cecil is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Cecil, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Cecil: 334 & 483<3>

The ZIP code for Cecil: 36013<4>

Communities Also Named Cecil ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Cecil - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Cecil ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cecil ...

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

Adding Cecil to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cecil 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 Cecil was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Cecil post office opened in 1895. The Cecil post office closed in 1986.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cecil.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cecil - 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 Cecil area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Cecil area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Cecil). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Cecil or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/