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Welcome to Slaughter Landing (aka 'Slaughter Ferry') ...

So far, we found very little information about Slaughter Landing. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Slaughter Landing to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Slaughter Landing, please Contact Us.

Slaughter Landing would have been located within present day Madison County<2>.

A typical abbreviation for Slaughter Landing: Slaughter Lndg. (or less commonly used: Slaughter Lndng.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Slaughter Landing is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Slaughter Landing was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Slaughter Landing was located: 256 & 938<4>

The community of Slaughter Landing has also been called Slaughter Ferry.

Communities near Slaughter Landing ...

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

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

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

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

The official website for Madison County: www.co.madison.al.us/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Slaughter Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Slaughter Landing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Slaughter Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Slaughter Landing area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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