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Welcome to Garners Ferry ...

Garners Ferry is located in Colbert County<1>.

Garners Ferry is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Garners Ferry: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Garners Ferry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Garners Ferry: This one is located in Colbert County and the other is located in Greene County.

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

Communities near Garners Ferry ...

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

  • Florence
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Muscle Shoals
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Russellville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheffield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Tuscumbia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Iuka
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <4>
  • Cherokee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Littleville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Littleville is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
  • Saint Florian
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
  • Leighton
    (19 miles [30.6 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 Garners Ferry. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Garners Ferry.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Garners Ferry ...

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

Footnotes ...

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