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Welcome to Greenfield ...

Greenfield is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Greenfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Greenfield is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Greenfield: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Greenfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 66 communities that are also named Greenfield - they are located in Arkansas (2), California (2), Florida (3), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (3), North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Nova Scotia (4), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (4), Pennsylvania (6), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah (2), Virginia (6) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Greenfield ...

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

  • Huntsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • New Hope
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Park City Heights
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
  • Owens' Cross Roads
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Huntland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Skyline
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Skyline is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
  • Gurley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Woodville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Flintville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Flintville is located in Lincoln County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
  • Hytop
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hytop is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 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 Greenfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Greenfield.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greenfield ...

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

Adding Greenfield to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Greenfield post office opened in 1891. The Greenfield post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greenfield.

Footnotes ...

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