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Welcome to Dodsonville ...

So far, we found very little information about Dodsonville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Dodsonville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dodsonville, please Contact Us.

Dodsonville would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dodsonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1827.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dodsonville is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Dodsonville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

The Area Codes where Dodsonville was located: 256 & 938<4>

Communities Also Named Dodsonville ...

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

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

Communities near Dodsonville ...

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

  • Scottsboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Guntersville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Rainsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • New Hope
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Owens' Cross Roads
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Sylvania
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Sylvania is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,860 people
  • Fyffe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hollywood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Powell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Powell is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 908 people
  • Grant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

Adding Dodsonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dodsonville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Dodsonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Dodsonville post office opened in 1827. The Dodsonville post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dodsonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dodsonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dodsonville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Dodsonville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Dodsonville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/