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Welcome to Hines ...

Hines is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hines, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Hines is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hines: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Hines ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Hines - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio (2), Oregon, Texas (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Hines ...

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

  • Florence
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Muscle Shoals
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Sheffield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Tuscumbia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Liberty Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
  • Loretto
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Loretto is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,781 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loretto <4>
  • Corning ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
  • Killen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Collinwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Collinwood is located in Wayne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
  • Saint Joseph
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hines ...

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

Adding Hines to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hines post office opened in 1892. The Hines post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hines.

Footnotes ...

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