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Welcome to Chumley ...

Although we found mention of Chumley during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Chumley was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Chumley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chumley, please Contact Us.


The location of Chumley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Chumley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

Chumley is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Chumley might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

We believe that Chumley would be found within the (256) and (938)<4> area codes.

Communities Also Named Chumley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Chumley - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Chumley ...

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

  • Gadsden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Albertville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Boaz
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
    • Boaz is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <5>
  • Rainbow City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Attalla
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Glencoe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glencoe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
    • Glencoe is located in Etowah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glencoe <5>
  • Hokes Bluff
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hokes Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hokes Bluff
    • Hokes Bluff is located in Etowah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,240 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hokes Bluff <5>
  • Centre
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Collinsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Crossville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chumley ...

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

Adding Chumley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chumley in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Chumley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Chumley post office opened in 1884.

We also found Chumley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chumley.

The official website for DeKalb County: www.dekalbcountyal.us/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Chumley and then turned west". While Chumley could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Chumley as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Chumley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chumley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Area code (938) is an overlay for area code (256).
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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