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Welcome to Intercourse ...

Intercourse is located in Sumter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Intercourse, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.

Intercourse is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Intercourse: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Intercourse ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Intercourse - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Intercourse ...

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

  • Livingston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • York
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lisman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Cuba
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Pennington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pennington is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
  • Myrtlewood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
  • Derby
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ward
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ward is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
  • Bellamy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Arrington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Arrington is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Intercourse ...

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

Adding Intercourse to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Intercourse post office opened in 1840. The Intercourse post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Intercourse.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Sumter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Intercourse - 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 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Intercourse area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Intercourse 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/