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Welcome to Slackland ...

Slackland is located in Cherokee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Slackland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Slackland is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Slackland: 256 & 938<3>

Communities near Slackland ...

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

  • Gadsden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Boaz
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Boaz is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <4>
  • Rainbow City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Attalla
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Glencoe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Piedmont
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Hokes Bluff
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Centre
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Collinsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Crossville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Slackland ...

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

Adding Slackland to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Slackland post office opened in 1882. The Slackland post office closed in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Slackland.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Cherokee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Slackland - 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 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Slackland area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Slackland 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/