Welcome to Lot ...

So far, we found very little information about Lot. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lot to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lot, please Contact Us.

Lot would have been located within present day Marshall County<2>.

The location of Lot has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lot, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1877.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lot is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Lot was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Lot would have been located in the (256) & (938)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Lot ...

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

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

Communities near Lot ...

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

• Gadsden
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
  • Gadsden is located in Etowah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,816 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gadsden <6>
• Albertville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
  • Albertville is located in Marshall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,777 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albertville <6>
• Boaz
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
  • Boaz is located in Marshall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <6>
• Guntersville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
  • Guntersville is located in Marshall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
  • Former names for Guntersville:
  • Gunter's Ferry
  • Gunter's Landing
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <6>
• Attalla
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attalla
  • Attalla is located in Etowah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,832 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attalla <6>
• Collinsville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
  • Collinsville is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,938 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collinsville <6>
• Crossville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossville
  • Crossville is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,847 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crossville <6>
• Sardis City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sardis City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
  • Sardis City is located in Etowah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
• Fyffe
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fyffe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fyffe
  • Fyffe is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,076 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fyffe <6>
• Altoona
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altoona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
  • Altoona is located in Etowah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altoona <6>

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

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

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

Adding Lot to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lot 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 for Lot was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Lot post office opened in 1877.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lot.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Marshall County: www.marshallco.org/www/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/