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Welcome to Grayton ...

Grayton is located in Calhoun County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grayton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Grayton is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Grayton (for example, toward Tallapoosa (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Grayton: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Grayton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Grayton - they are located in Maryland, Michigan and Texas (2).

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

Websites for Grayton ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.calhounchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Grayton, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Grayton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grayton ...

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

Adding Grayton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Grayton post office opened in 1883. The Grayton post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grayton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grayton - 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 Grayton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Grayton 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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