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Welcome to South Florence ...

South Florence is located in Colbert County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of South Florence, you might consider that their post office opened in 1826.

A typical abbreviation for South Florence: S. Florence

South Florence is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for South Florence: 256 & 938<3>

Communities near South Florence ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for South Florence ...

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

Adding South Florence to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of South Florence in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for South Florence was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the South Florence post office opened in 1826. The South Florence post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for South Florence.

Footnotes ...

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