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Welcome to Northside ...

Northside is located in Etowah County<1>.

Northside is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Northside ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Northside - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Idaho (2), Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (4), Ohio, Saskatchewan, Texas, Virginia (3) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Northside ...

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

  • Boaz
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Boaz is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <3>
  • Rainbow City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Southside
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Attalla
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Glencoe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hokes Bluff
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Centre
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Collinsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Crossville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Sardis City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sardis City is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Northside ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Etowah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Northside - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.