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Welcome to Mossboro ...

Mossboro is located in Shelby County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mossboro, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Mossboro is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mossboro: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Mossboro ...

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

  • Birmingham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Hoover
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hoover is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoover <4>
  • Vestavia Hills
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Alabaster
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Bessemer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Homewood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Pelham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain Brook
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Calera
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hueytown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mossboro ...

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

Adding Mossboro to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mossboro post office opened in 1900. The Mossboro post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mossboro.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Shelby, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mossboro - 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 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Mossboro area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Mossboro 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/