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Welcome to Commerce ...

Commerce is located in Conecuh County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Commerce, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859.

Commerce is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Commerce: 251

Communities Also Named Commerce ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Commerce - they are located in Arizona, California, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas.

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

Communities near Commerce ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Commerce ...

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

Adding Commerce to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Commerce 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 Commerce was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Commerce post office opened in 1859. The Commerce post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Commerce.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Conecuh, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Commerce - 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>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/