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Welcome to Rural ...

Rural is located in Clarke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rural, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Rural is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Rural ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Rural - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Rural ...

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

  • Thomasville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Grove Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Pine Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Hill is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
  • Sweet Water
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sweet Water is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • Fulton
    (5 miles [8 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
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Yellow Bluff is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bluff
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
  • Atkeison
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Atkeison is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkeison
  • Dickinson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Dickinson is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickinson
  • Glover
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Glover is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
  • Nettleboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Nettleboro is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleboro

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rural ...

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

Adding Rural to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rural 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 Rural was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Rural post office opened in 1875. The Rural post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rural.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Clarke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rural - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/