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Welcome to Hazen ...

Hazen is located in Dallas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hazen, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Hazen is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hazen: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Hazen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Hazen - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio and Pennsylvania (2).

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

Communities near Hazen ...

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

  • Selma
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Selma is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,671 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <4>
  • Valley Grande
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Grande is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grande
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,468 people
  • Uniontown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Orrville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cahawba ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cahawba is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahawba
  • Harrell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Harrell is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrell
  • Marion Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Marion Junction is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Junction
  • Massillon ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Massillon is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massillon
  • Sunset Mill Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunset Mill Village is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Mill Village
  • Crumptonia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Crumptonia is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumptonia

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hazen ...

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

Adding Hazen to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hazen post office opened in 1881. The Hazen post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hazen.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Dallas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hazen - 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 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Hazen area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Hazen 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/