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Welcome to Gravelly Springs ...

Gravelly Springs is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gravelly Springs, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Gravelly Springs: Gravelly Spgs. (or less commonly used: Gravelly Spngs. or Gravelly Sprngs.)

Gravelly Springs is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gravelly Springs: 256 & 938<3>

Communities near Gravelly Springs ...

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

  • Florence
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Muscle Shoals
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheffield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Tuscumbia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Iuka
    (16 miles [25.7 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>
  • Lutts
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Lutts is located in Wayne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutts
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lutts <4>
  • Cherokee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Saint Florian
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
  • Waterloo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gravelly Springs ...

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

Adding Gravelly Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gravelly Springs 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 (so far) for Gravelly Springs was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gravelly Springs.

Footnotes ...

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