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Welcome to Nottingham ...

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

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

Nottingham would have been located within present day Talladega County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nottingham, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Nottingham is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

The Area Codes where Nottingham was located: 256 & 938<4>

The community of Nottingham was previously named Jones Camp Ground.

Communities Also Named Nottingham ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Nottingham: This one is located in Talladega County and the other is located in Jefferson County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 19 communities that are also named Nottingham - they are located in Georgia, Indiana, Maryland (3), New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (2), Saskatchewan, Texas, Virginia (3) and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Nottingham ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Nottingham to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nottingham 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 for Nottingham was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Nottingham post office opened in 1887.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nottingham.

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 Nottingham, 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 Talladega, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nottingham - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Nottingham area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Nottingham area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/