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Welcome to Pope ...

Pope is located in Marengo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pope, you might consider that their post office opened in 1938.

Pope is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pope: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Pope ...

While we believe that this Pope is located in Marengo County, we know of another 2 Alabama communities named Pope. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cherokee and DeKalb County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 14 communities that are also named Pope - they are located in California (2), Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Pope ...

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

  • Thomasville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Linden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Hill is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
  • Thomaston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Thomaston is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
  • Sweet Water
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Sweet Water is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • Fulton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Fulton is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
  • Yellow Bluff
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Yellow Bluff is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bluff
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
  • Dayton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Dayton is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Kimbrough
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kimbrough is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbrough
  • Ellison ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ellison is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pope ...

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

Adding Pope to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pope post office opened in 1938. The Pope post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pope.

Footnotes ...

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