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Welcome to Failetown ...

Failetown is located in Clarke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Failetown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

Failetown is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Failetown ...

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

  • Thomasville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Butler
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Coffeeville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Sweet Water
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sweet Water is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • Fulton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Fulton is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
  • Pennington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Pennington is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
  • Gilbertown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Toxey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Toxey is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Needham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Needham is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
  • Morvin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Morvin is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morvin

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Failetown ...

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

Adding Failetown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Failetown 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 Failetown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Failetown post office opened in 1918. The Failetown post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Failetown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Clarke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Failetown - 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>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/