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Welcome to Coleanor ...

Coleanor is located in Bibb County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Coleanor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Coleanor is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Coleanor: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Coleanor ...

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

  • Alabaster
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Helena
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Calera
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Montevallo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Brent
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake View
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
  • Jemison
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Centreville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Centreville is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,559 people
  • Brookwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Vance
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Vance is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,807 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <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 Coleanor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Coleanor.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coleanor ...

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

Adding Coleanor to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Coleanor post office opened in 1901. The Coleanor post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Coleanor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Bibb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Coleanor - 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 Coleanor area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Coleanor 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/