Welcome to Fort Dale ...
Fort Dale is located in Butler County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Dale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1826.
A typical abbreviation for Fort Dale: Ft. Dale
Fort Dale is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Fort Dale lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Fort Dale: 334 & 483<3>
Communities near Fort Dale ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Dale.
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Georgiana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fort Deposit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mosses
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mosses is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosses
- Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
- Gordonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gordonville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Pine Apple
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pine Apple is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Apple
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Bolling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bolling is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolling
- Forest Home
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shacklesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shacklesville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shacklesville
- Bragg's
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bragg's is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg's
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 Fort Dale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Dale.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Dale. 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 Fort Dale.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Dale. See our Newspapers Page for Fort Dale.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Dale ...
Looking for more information about Fort Dale? 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 Fort Dale, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Dale.
Adding Fort Dale to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Fort Dale 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 Fort Dale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Fort Dale post office opened in 1826. The Fort Dale post office closed in 1840.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Dale.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Butler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Dale - 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 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Fort Dale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Fort Dale 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/ |