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Welcome to Mabson ...

Mabson is located in Dale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mabson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Mabson is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Mabson: 334 & 483<3>

Communities near Mabson ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mabson ...

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

Adding Mabson to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mabson post office opened in 1900. The Mabson post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mabson.

Footnotes ...

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