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Welcome to Jeff ...

Jeff is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jeff, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Jeff is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Jeff: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Jeff ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Jeff - they are located in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Missouri (2).

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

Communities near Jeff ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jeff ...

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

Adding Jeff to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Jeff post office opened in 1888. The Jeff post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jeff.

Footnotes ...

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