Welcome to Houstontown ...
Houstontown is located in Lauderdale County<1>.
Houstontown is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Houstontown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Houstontown: 256 & 938<3>
Communities near Houstontown ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Houstontown.
- Florence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Muscle Shoals
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sheffield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tuscumbia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Loretto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rogersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <4>
- Town Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Killen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
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 Houstontown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Houstontown.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Houstontown. 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 Houstontown.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Houstontown. See our Newspapers Page for Houstontown.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Houstontown ...
Looking for more information about Houstontown? 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 Houstontown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Houstontown.
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 Houstontown - 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 Houstontown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Houstontown 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. |