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Welcome to Dearing Downs ...

Dearing Downs is located in Shelby County<1>.

Dearing Downs is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dearing Downs: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Dearing Downs ...

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

  • Birmingham
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Hoover
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hoover is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoover <4>
  • Vestavia Hills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Bessemer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Homewood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Pelham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain Brook
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Calera
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Hueytown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Irondale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dearing Downs ...

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

Footnotes ...

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