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Welcome to Gold Mine ...

Gold Mine is located in Marion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gold Mine, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

Gold Mine is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gold Mine: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Gold Mine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Gold Mine - they are located in Louisiana, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gold Mine.

Communities near Gold Mine ...

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

  • Hamilton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Winfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Haleyville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Guin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guin
    • Guin is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,250 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guin <4>
  • Carbon Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hackleburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
    • Hackleburg is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
  • Bear Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Lynn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
    • Lynn is located in Winston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
  • Glen Allen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Allen
    • Glen Allen is located in Fayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
  • Twin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
    • Twin is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gold Mine ...

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

Adding Gold Mine to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gold Mine 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 for Gold Mine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Gold Mine post office opened in 1850.

We also found Gold Mine in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gold Mine.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gold Mine - 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 Gold Mine area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Gold Mine 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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