Welcome to Clifton ...So far, we found very little information about Clifton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Clifton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Clifton, please Contact Us. Clifton would have been located within present day Limestone County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Clifton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900. While the community is gone, the present day location for Clifton is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Clifton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Clifton was located: 256 & 938<4> Communities Also Named Clifton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Clifton: This one is located in Limestone County and the other is located in Wilcox County. Beyond Alabama, there are 81 communities that are also named Clifton - they are located in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Connecticut, Florida (4), Georgia (2), Idaho (2), Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (5), Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (3), Nevada (2), New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (3), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (3), Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Clifton. Communities near Clifton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Clifton.
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 Clifton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clifton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Clifton. 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 Clifton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Clifton. See our Newspapers Page for Clifton. Adding Clifton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Clifton 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 (so far) for Clifton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Clifton. Footnotes ...
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