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Welcome to Curtis ...

Curtis is located in Coffee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Curtis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Curtis is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Curtis: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Curtis ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Curtis - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas (2), California (2), Colorado (3), Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York (2), Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas (3), Utah (2), Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Curtis ...

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

  • Enterprise
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Opp
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Elba
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • New Brockton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Brantley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Babbie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Babbie is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
  • Kinston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Dozier
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Sanford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sanford is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
  • Heath
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Heath is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Curtis ...

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

Adding Curtis to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Curtis post office opened in 1891. The Curtis post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Curtis.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Coffee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Curtis - 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 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Curtis area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Curtis 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/