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Welcome to Simmsville ...

Simmsville is located in Shelby County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Simmsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1921.

Simmsville is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Simmsville: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Simmsville ...

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

  • Birmingham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Hoover
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hoover is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoover <4>
  • Vestavia Hills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Alabaster
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bessemer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Homewood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Helena
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Mountain Brook
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Calera
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Hueytown
    (19 miles [30.6 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 Simmsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Simmsville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Simmsville ...

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

Adding Simmsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Simmsville post office opened in 1921. The Simmsville post office closed in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Simmsville.

Footnotes ...

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