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Welcome to Ezra ...

Ezra is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ezra, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Ezra is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ezra: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Ezra ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Ezra - they are located in Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Ezra ...

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

  • Hoover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hoover is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoover <4>
  • Bessemer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Homewood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Helena
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Hueytown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Fairfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Midfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Adamsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Brighton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ezra ...

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

Adding Ezra to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ezra post office opened in 1886. The Ezra post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ezra.

Footnotes ...

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