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Welcome to Dyas ...

Dyas is located in Baldwin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dyas, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

Dyas is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Dyas: 251

Communities Also Named Dyas ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dyas - it's located in Georgia.

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

Communities near Dyas ...

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

  • Bay Minette
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Atmore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Perdido
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Phillipsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
    • Phillipsville is located in Baldwin County
  • Stockton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Walnut Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Latham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Latham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
    • Latham is located in Baldwin County
  • Whitehouse Forks
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks
    • Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County
  • Tensaw
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tensaw. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensaw
    • Tensaw is located in Baldwin County
  • Stapleton
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Dyas. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dyas.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dyas ...

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

Adding Dyas to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dyas post office opened in 1898.

We also found Dyas on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dyas.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Baldwin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dyas - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/