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Welcome to Seacliff ...

Seacliff is located in Baldwin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Seacliff, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Seacliff is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Code for Seacliff: 251

Communities Also Named Seacliff ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Seacliff - it's located in California.

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

Communities near Seacliff ...

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

  • Mobile
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Daphne
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Foley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Foley is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,446 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foley <3>
  • Prichard
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Spanish Fort
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Robertsdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Chickasaw
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Loxley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Summerdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Silverhill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Seacliff ...

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

Adding Seacliff to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Seacliff post office opened in 1913. The Seacliff post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Seacliff.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Baldwin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Seacliff - 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/