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Welcome to Edgil ...

Edgil is located in Walker County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Edgil, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

Edgil is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Edgil: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Edgil ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Edgil ...

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

Adding Edgil to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Edgil post office opened in 1879.

We also found Edgil in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Edgil.

Footnotes ...

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

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