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Welcome to Oak Bowery Heights ...

Oak Bowery Heights is located in Lee County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Oak Bowery Heights: Oak Bowery Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Oak Bowery Heights is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Oak Bowery Heights: 334 & 483<3>

Communities near Oak Bowery Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oak Bowery Heights.

  • Auburn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lanett
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Smith's Station
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Smith's Station is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
  • West Point
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • LaFayette
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Camp Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Notasulga
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Loachapoka
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Waverly
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Waverly is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 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 Oak Bowery Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oak Bowery Heights.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oak Bowery Heights ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oak Bowery Heights - 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 Oak Bowery Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Oak Bowery Heights 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.