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Welcome to Comer ...

Comer is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Comer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Comer is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Comer: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Comer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Comer: This one is located in Lauderdale County and the other is located in Barbour County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 7 communities that are also named Comer - they are located in British Columbia, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky and Texas.

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

Communities near Comer ...

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

  • Florence
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Muscle Shoals
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Liberty Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
  • Loretto
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Loretto is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,781 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loretto <4>
  • Rogersville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Corning ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
  • Town Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Killen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Joseph
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Florian
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Comer ...

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

Adding Comer to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Comer post office opened in 1880. The Comer post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Comer.

Footnotes ...

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