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Welcome to Gordon Landing ...

Gordon Landing is located in Houston County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Gordon Landing: Gordon Lndg. (or less commonly used: Gordon Lndng.)

Gordon Landing is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Gordon Landing is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Gordon Landing: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Gordon Landing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Gordon Landing - they are located in Vermont, Virginia and Yukon.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gordon Landing.

Communities near Gordon Landing ...

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

  • Dothan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Blakely
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Blakely is located in Early County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,491 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blakely <4>
  • Springfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Springfield is located in Early County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,084 people
  • Hentown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hentown is located in Early County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentown
    • Estimated population in 2019: 3,944 people
  • Donalsonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Kinsey
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Kinsey is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,293 people
  • Ashford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Cowarts
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Malone
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Malone is located in Jackson County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,082 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malone <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gordon Landing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Houston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gordon Landing - 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 Gordon Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Gordon Landing 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.