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Welcome to Erin ...

Erin is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Erin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Erin is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Erin: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Erin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Erin - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York, Ontario, Tennessee, Texas (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Erin ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Erin ...

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

Adding Erin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Erin post office opened in 1908. The Erin post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Erin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Erin - 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 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Erin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Erin 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/