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Welcome to Choctaw Bluff ...

Choctaw Bluff is located in Clarke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Choctaw Bluff, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

A typical abbreviation for Choctaw Bluff: Choctaw Blf. (or less commonly used: Choctaw Bluf.)

Choctaw Bluff is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Choctaw Bluff ...

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

  • Jackson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • McIntosh
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Carlton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Alma
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Alma is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
  • Gainestown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gainestown is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainestown
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Barlow Bend
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Barlow Bend is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Bend
  • Carson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Carson is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
  • Little River
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Walker Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Choctaw Bluff ...

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

Adding Choctaw Bluff to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Choctaw Bluff 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 Choctaw Bluff was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Choctaw Bluff.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Clarke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Choctaw Bluff - 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.