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Welcome to Fountainrun ...

So far, we found very little information about Fountainrun. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fountainrun to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fountainrun, please Contact Us.

Fountainrun would have been located within present day Saint Clair County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fountainrun, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fountainrun is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Fountainrun was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Fountainrun, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities near Fountainrun ...

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

  • Trussville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Talladega
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Pell City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Moody
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
    • Moody is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <4>
  • Leeds
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
    • Leeds is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,026 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <4>
  • Lincoln
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Lincoln is located in Talladega County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <4>
  • Margaret
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Margaret have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margaret
    • Margaret is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Margaret <4>
  • Childersburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Argo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Argo have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
    • Argo is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
  • Odenville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Fountainrun to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fountainrun 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 Fountainrun was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Fountainrun post office opened in 1900.

We also found Fountainrun on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fountainrun.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fountainrun, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Saint Clair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fountainrun - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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