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Welcome to Polkville ...

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

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

Polkville would have been located within present day Calhoun County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Polkville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Polkville is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

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

Communities Also Named Polkville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Polkville - they are located in Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York (3), North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Polkville ...

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

  • Oxford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Anniston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jacksonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Rainbow City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Southside
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Lincoln
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Glencoe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Hokes Bluff
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Weaver
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Weaver is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,030 people
  • Ashville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Polkville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Polkville 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 Polkville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Polkville post office opened in 1846. The Polkville post office closed in 1855.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Polkville.

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 Polkville, 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 Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Polkville - 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 Polkville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Polkville 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>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/