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Welcome to Moss ...

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

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


Moss would have been located within present day Marengo County<2>.


The location of Moss has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Moss, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Moss is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Moss still existed, it would have been in the (334) area code.

Communities Also Named Moss ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Moss - they are located in California (2), Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Moss ...

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

  • Thomasville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Linden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Pine Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
    • Pine Hill is located in Wilcox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
  • Thomaston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomaston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
    • Thomaston is located in Marengo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
  • Sweet Water
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
    • Sweet Water is located in Marengo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • Pennington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pennington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Pennington is located in Choctaw County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
  • Providence
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Providence is located in Marengo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
  • Myrtlewood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Myrtlewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
    • Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
  • Dayton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dayton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Dayton is located in Marengo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Aimwell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aimwell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aimwell
    • Aimwell is located in Marengo County

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

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

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

Adding Moss to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Moss 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 for Moss was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Moss post office opened in 1881.

We also found Moss in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Moss.

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 Moss, 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 Marengo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Moss - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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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