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Welcome to Lambert ...

Lambert is located in Mobile County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lambert, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Lambert is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lambert: 251

Communities Also Named Lambert ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Lambert - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Lambert ...

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

  • Saraland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Satsuma
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Semmes
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Chickasaw
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Citronelle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Creola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Creola is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
  • Mount Vernon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilmer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • McIntosh
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Chunchula
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Chunchula is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunchula

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lambert ...

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

Adding Lambert to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lambert in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lambert was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lambert post office opened in 1901. The Lambert post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lambert.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Mobile, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lambert - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/