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Welcome to Stroud ...

Stroud is located in Chambers County<1>.

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

Stroud is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Stroud: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Stroud ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Stroud - they are located in Kentucky (2), Oklahoma and Ontario.

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

Communities near Stroud ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stroud ...

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

Adding Stroud to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stroud post office opened in 1882. The Stroud post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stroud.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Chambers, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stroud - 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 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Stroud area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Stroud 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/