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Welcome to Poarch ...

Poarch is located in Escambia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Poarch, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1905.

Poarch is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Poarch: 251

Communities near Poarch ...

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

  • Atmore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Century
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Century
    • Century is located in Escambia County (FL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,873 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Century <3>
  • Flomaton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Huxford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxford
    • Huxford is located in Escambia County
  • Perdido
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Blacksher
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksher
    • Blacksher is located in Baldwin County
  • Uriah
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Little River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Byrneville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrneville
    • Byrneville is located in Escambia County (FL)
  • Goodway
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodway
    • Goodway is located in Monroe County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Poarch ...

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

Adding Poarch to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Poarch 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 Poarch was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Poarch post office opened in 1905.

We also found Poarch on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Poarch.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Escambia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Poarch - 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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