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Welcome to Mercury ...

Mercury is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mercury, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Mercury is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Mercury: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Mercury ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Mercury - they are located in Nevada and Texas.

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

Communities near Mercury ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mercury ...

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

Adding Mercury to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mercury post office opened in 1888. The Mercury post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mercury.

Footnotes ...

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