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Welcome to Gentilly Forest ...

Gentilly Forest is located in Jefferson County<1>.

Gentilly Forest is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gentilly Forest: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Gentilly Forest ...

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

  • Birmingham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Alabaster
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Bessemer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Pelham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Trussville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Helena
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Center Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hueytown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Gardendale
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Gentilly Forest. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gentilly Forest.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gentilly Forest ...

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

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 Gentilly Forest - 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 Gentilly Forest area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Gentilly Forest 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.