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Welcome to Hammac ...

Hammac is located in Escambia County<1>.

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

Hammac is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hammac: 251

Communities near Hammac ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hammac ...

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

Adding Hammac to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hammac 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 Hammac was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hammac post office opened in 1891. The Hammac post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hammac.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Escambia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hammac - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/