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Welcome to Reddock Springs ...

Reddock Springs is located in Butler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Reddock Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

A typical abbreviation for Reddock Springs: Reddock Spgs. (or less commonly used: Reddock Spngs. or Reddock Sprngs.)

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

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

Area Codes for Reddock Springs: 334 & 483<3>

Communities near Reddock Springs ...

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

  • Greenville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Georgiana
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Fort Deposit
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • McKenzie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Pine Apple
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Pine Apple is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Apple
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Bolling
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bolling is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolling
  • Shacklesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Shacklesville is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shacklesville
  • Forest Home
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Chapman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Chapman is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
  • Starlington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Starlington is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starlington

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Reddock Springs ...

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

Adding Reddock Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Reddock Springs post office opened in 1892. The Reddock Springs post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Reddock Springs.

Footnotes ...

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