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Welcome to Prattville Junction ...

Prattville Junction is located in Elmore County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prattville Junction, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

A typical abbreviation for Prattville Junction: Prattville Jct. (or less commonly used: Prattville Jctn.)

Prattville Junction is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Prattville Junction: 334 & 483<3>

Communities near Prattville Junction ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prattville Junction ...

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

Adding Prattville Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Prattville Junction 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 Prattville Junction was on a map titled Map of Alabama (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Prattville Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Elmore, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prattville Junction - 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 Prattville Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Prattville Junction 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.