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Welcome to Mehama ...

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

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


Mehama would have been located within present day Lawrence County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Mehama, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Mehama, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1908.

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

The location where Mehama once stood is in the (256) & (938)<4> area codes.

Communities Also Named Mehama ...

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

Communities near Mehama ...

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

  • Florence
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Muscle Shoals
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muscle Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscle Shoals
    • Muscle Shoals is located in Colbert County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,877 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muscle Shoals <5>
  • Russellville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Sheffield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tuscumbia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Moulton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Phil Campbell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Town Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
    • Town Creek is located in Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Town Creek <5>
  • Littleville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littleville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
    • Littleville is located in Colbert County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
  • Leighton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leighton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leighton
    • Leighton is located in Colbert County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leighton <5>

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

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

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

Adding Mehama to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mehama in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mehama was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Mehama post office opened in 1908.

We also found Mehama on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mehama.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mehama, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Area code (938) is an overlay for area code (256).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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