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Welcome to Downing ...

Downing is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Downing, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Downing is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Downing, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Downing: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Downing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Downing: This one is located in Montgomery County and the other is located in Escambia County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 16 communities that are also named Downing - they are located in Colorado, Florida, Kansas (2), Michigan (2), Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Oregon (2), Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Downing ...

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

  • Pike Road
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Shorter
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Pine Level
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Level is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
  • Fitzpatrick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fitzpatrick is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzpatrick
  • Mitchell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mitchell is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Cecil
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cecil is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
  • Center Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Center Point is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
  • Orion
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Orion is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
  • Red Level
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Red Level is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Downing ...

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

Adding Downing to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Downing post office opened in 1893. The Downing post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Downing.

Footnotes ...

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