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Welcome to Ten Islands ...

Ten Islands is located in Calhoun County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ten Islands, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.

Ten Islands is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Ten Islands: 256 & 938<3>

Websites for Ten Islands ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.calhounchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Ten Islands, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Ten Islands ...

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

  • Gadsden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Oxford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Anniston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jacksonville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Rainbow City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Southside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lincoln
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Attalla
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Glencoe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hokes Bluff
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ten Islands ...

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

Adding Ten Islands to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ten Islands post office opened in 1840. The Ten Islands post office closed in 1874.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ten Islands.

Footnotes ...

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