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Welcome to Lindsey ...

Lindsey is located in Barbour County<1>.

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

Lindsey is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Lindsey (for example, toward Cuthbert (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Lindsey: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Lindsey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Lindsey - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia (2), Kansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Lindsey ...

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

  • Clayton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Abbeville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Clio
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Clio is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clio <4>
  • Ariton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Ariton is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ariton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
  • Louisville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Louisville is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Bakerhill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bakerhill is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerhill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
  • Blue Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Blue Springs is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
  • Clopton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Clopton is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
  • Cotton Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cotton Hill is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
  • Elamville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Elamville is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lindsey ...

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

Adding Lindsey to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lindsey post office opened in 1892. The Lindsey post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lindsey.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Barbour, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lindsey - 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 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Lindsey area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Lindsey 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/