Welcome to Manchester ...Manchester is located in Walker County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Manchester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907. When the people of Manchester refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Manchesterite<2> Manchester is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Manchester lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Manchester: 205 & 659<4> Communities Also Named Manchester ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Manchester: This one is located in Walker County and the other is located in Marshall County. Beyond Alabama, there are 47 communities that are also named Manchester - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Vermont, Virginia (2), Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Manchester. Communities near Manchester ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Manchester.
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 Manchester. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Manchester. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Manchester. 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 Manchester. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Manchester. See our Newspapers Page for Manchester. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Manchester ...Looking for more information about Manchester? 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 Manchester, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Manchester. Adding Manchester to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Manchester 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 for Manchester was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Manchester on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Manchester. Footnotes ...
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