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Welcome to Pickett ...

Pickett is located in Bullock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pickett, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Pickett is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Pickett: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Pickett ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Pickett - they are located in Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Pickett ...

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

  • Union Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Clayton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Clio
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Clio is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clio <4>
  • Midway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Midway is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Louisville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Louisville is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Banks
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Grove is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
  • Perote
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Perote is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perote
  • Inverness
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Inverness is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
  • Three Notch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Three Notch is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Notch

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pickett ...

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

Adding Pickett to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pickett 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 Pickett was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pickett post office opened in 1896. The Pickett post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pickett.

Footnotes ...

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