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Welcome to Pickens Landing ...

Pickens Landing is located in Clarke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pickens Landing, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

A typical abbreviation for Pickens Landing: Pickens Lndg. (or less commonly used: Pickens Lndng.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Pickens Landing for more information about variations on the name of Pickens Landing.

Pickens Landing is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Pickens Landing ...

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

  • Thomasville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Butler
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lisman
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Lisman is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
  • Coffeeville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Sweet Water
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sweet Water is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • Pennington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Pennington is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
  • Gilbertown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Toxey
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Toxey is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Myrtlewood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
  • Needham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Needham is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 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 Pickens Landing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pickens Landing.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pickens Landing ...

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

Adding Pickens Landing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pickens Landing in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Pickens Landing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pickens Landing post office opened in 1880. The Pickens Landing post office closed in 1890.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pickens Landing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Clarke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pickens Landing - 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.
<4>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/