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Welcome to Coal City ...

Coal City is located in Saint Clair County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Coal City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Coal City is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Coal City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Coal City - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Coal City ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coal City ...

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

Adding Coal City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Coal City post office opened in 1890.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Coal City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Saint Clair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Coal City - 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.
<4>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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