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Welcome to Coal Fire ...

Coal Fire is located in Pickens County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Coal Fire, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Coal Fire is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Coal Fire: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Coal Fire ...

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

  • Aliceville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Gordo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gordo is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,594 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordo <4>
  • Reform
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Millport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Carrollton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Pickensville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kennedy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kennedy is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
  • Belk
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Belk is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
  • Ethelsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Ethelsville is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
  • McMullen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • McMullen is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coal Fire ...

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

Adding Coal Fire to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Coal Fire post office opened in 1871. The Coal Fire post office closed in 1927.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Pickens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Coal Fire - 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 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Coal Fire area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Coal Fire area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/