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Welcome to Hardwick ...

Hardwick is located in Saint Clair County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hardwick, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1905.

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

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

Note: If you travel east from Hardwick, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities Also Named Hardwick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Hardwick - they are located in California, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Tennessee and Vermont.

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

Communities near Hardwick ...

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

  • Trussville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Center Point
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Pell City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Moody
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
    • Moody is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <3>
  • Leeds
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
    • Leeds is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,026 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <3>
  • Clay
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Clay is located in Jefferson County
    • Estimated population in 2015: 9,655 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <3>
  • Pinson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Lincoln
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Lincoln is located in Talladega County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <3>
  • Oneonta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Margaret
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Margaret have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margaret
    • Margaret is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Margaret <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hardwick ...

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

Adding Hardwick to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hardwick post office opened in 1905.

We also found Hardwick on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hardwick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Saint Clair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hardwick - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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