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Welcome to Searcy ...

Searcy is located in Butler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Searcy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Searcy is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Searcy: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Searcy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Searcy - they are located in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.

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

Communities near Searcy ...

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

  • Greenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Fort Deposit
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Mosses
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Mosses is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosses
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
  • Hayneville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Gordonville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Gordonville is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
  • Sandy Ridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandy Ridge is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
  • Honoraville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Honoraville is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honoraville
  • Bolling
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bolling is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolling
  • Bragg's
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bragg's is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg's
  • Forest Home
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Searcy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Searcy.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Searcy ...

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

Adding Searcy to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Searcy post office opened in 1880. The Searcy post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Searcy.

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 Searcy - 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 Searcy area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Searcy 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/