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Welcome to Denson ...

Denson is located in Chambers County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Denson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Denson is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Denson (for example, toward Pine Mountain (GA)), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Denson: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Denson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Denson - they are located in Louisiana and Ohio.

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

Communities near Denson ...

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

  • Opelika
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • LaGrange
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lanett
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Roanoke
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • West Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • LaFayette
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Sunny Point
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunny Point is located in Troup County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
  • Sassafrass Hills
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
    • Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
  • Five Points
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Points is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 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 Denson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Denson.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Denson ...

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

Adding Denson to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Denson post office opened in 1892. The Denson post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Denson.

Footnotes ...

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