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Welcome to Slaughters ...

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

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

Slaughters would have been located within present day Tallapoosa County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Slaughters, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Slaughters is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

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

Communities Also Named Slaughters ...

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

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

Communities near Slaughters ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Slaughters to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Slaughters 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 Slaughters was on a map titled Map of Alabama (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Slaughters.

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 Slaughters, 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 Tallapoosa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Slaughters - 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 Slaughters area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Slaughters area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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