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Welcome to Rickey ...

Rickey is located in Tuscaloosa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rickey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Rickey is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rickey: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Rickey ...

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

  • Alabaster
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Bessemer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Helena
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hueytown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Montevallo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Midfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Brighton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lipscomb
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lipscomb is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,110 people
  • Brookwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rickey ...

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

Adding Rickey to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rickey post office opened in 1902. The Rickey post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rickey.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Tuscaloosa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rickey - 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 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Rickey area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Rickey 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/