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Welcome to Cooper ...

Cooper is located in Chilton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cooper, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Cooper is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Cooper ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 36 communities that are also named Cooper - they are located in Arkansas (2), California (2), Colorado, Georgia (3), Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey (2), New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma (2), Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Cooper ...

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

  • Clanton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jemison
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Thorsby
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Deatsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Maplesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Billingsley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Creek is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
  • Marbury
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • White City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • White City is located in Autauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
  • Dollar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Dollar is located in Coosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cooper ...

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

Adding Cooper to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cooper post office opened in 1879. The Cooper post office closed in 1972.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cooper.

Footnotes ...

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