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Welcome to Cobb City ...

Cobb City is located in Etowah County<1>.

Cobb City is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Cobb City: 256 & 938<3>

Communities near Cobb City ...

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

  • Gadsden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Anniston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jacksonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rainbow City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Southside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Attalla
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Piedmont
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Hokes Bluff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Weaver
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Weaver is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,030 people
  • Ragland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Ragland is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ragland <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cobb City ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Etowah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cobb City - 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 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Cobb City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Cobb City 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.