The following is a sample of nearby communities. Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Sledge and not the distance if you drove it.^<3>.

Community	2016 ^<4> Population	Direction	Distance
Boligee [Map]	306	E	17 miles [27.4 km]
Cuba [Map]	317	S	19 miles [30.6 km]
Epes [Map]	181	E	10 miles [16.1 km]
Gainesville [Map]	195	NE	11 miles [17.7 km]
Geiger [Map]	159	N	11 miles [17.7 km]
Livingston [Map]	3,454	SE	9 miles [14.5 km]

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Sledge.

Communities Also Named Sledge ...

Using our Gazetteer, we have found another community named Sledge - it's located in Mississippi.

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

See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...

We have a couple of sections that should be of interest to those chasing their genealogy.

We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sledge. We make it easy to see an overhead view of the cemetery.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sledge. Our list includes information such as whether the community had a post office or railroad service in 1895.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sledge.

These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Sledge:

Search for Local Businesses ...

We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities. Since Sledge no longer exists, the following searches are centered on the area where it would have stood. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

Business Owners: To appear in the above search results, your business will need to be listed with the Google Places service. Please use the below link to learn about and register for the free service.

If you find an error or if your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to register your business or report an error. We simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results. Only a registered owner/operator can add their business or correct mistakes - we can not do it for you.

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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 Sledge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. - Return to Citation
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sledge - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance that begins in Sledge. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sledge) to Point B. If you need the driving distance (or directions), we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Sledge. Since we usually use Google Maps for our own planning, we've provided the following link for your convenience: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from Sledge Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sledge. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6997, Longitude: -88.3106 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Sledge have been estimated. - Return to Citation
<4>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Sledge. - Return to Citation
<5>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

For additional information, please visit our Glossary for Sledge.