Welcome to Naftel ...
Naftel is located in Montgomery County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Naftel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.
Naftel is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Naftel lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Naftel: 334 & 483<3>
Communities near Naftel ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Naftel.
- Fort Deposit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rutledge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rutledge is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Petrey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Petrey is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Highland Home
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ramer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grady
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ada
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ada is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Davenport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Davenport is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kent is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Red Level
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Level is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
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 Naftel. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Naftel.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Naftel. 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 Naftel.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Naftel. See our Newspapers Page for Naftel.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Naftel ...
Looking for more information about Naftel? 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 Naftel, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Naftel.
Adding Naftel to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Naftel 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 Naftel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Naftel post office opened in 1887. The Naftel post office closed in 1932.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Naftel.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Naftel - 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 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Naftel area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Naftel 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/ |