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Welcome to Saco ...

Saco is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saco, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Saco is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Saco (for example, toward Sanford (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Saco: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Saco ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Saco - they are located in California, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana (2) and Pennsylvania (2).

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

Communities near Saco ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saco ...

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

Adding Saco to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Saco post office opened in 1905. The Saco post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saco.

Footnotes ...

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