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Welcome to Mechanicsville ...

Mechanicsville is located in Calhoun County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mechanicsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

Mechanicsville is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Mechanicsville: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Mechanicsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Mechanicsville: This one is located in Calhoun County and the other is located in Lee County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 44 communities that are also named Mechanicsville - they are located in Connecticut (2), Delaware, Georgia (3), Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey (3), Ohio (3), Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (10), South Carolina (3), Tennessee, Vermont (2) and Virginia (5).

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

Communities near Mechanicsville ...

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

  • Oxford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jacksonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Southside
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Lincoln
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Heflin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Weaver
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Weaver is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,030 people
  • Ragland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Ragland is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ragland <4>
  • Munford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ohatchee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Chinnabee ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mechanicsville ...

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

Adding Mechanicsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mechanicsville post office opened in 1837. The Mechanicsville post office closed in 1838.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mechanicsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mechanicsville - 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 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Mechanicsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Mechanicsville 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/