RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Alabama >> Montgomery County >> TharinIndex...

Welcome to Tharin ...

Tharin is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tharin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Tharin is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tharin: 334 & 483<3>

Communities near Tharin ...

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

  • Montgomery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Pike Road
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hayneville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Lowndesboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Pintlala
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pintlala is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pintlala
    • Former name for Pintlala:
    • Colquitt
  • Ada
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ada is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
  • Hope Hull
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Level
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Level is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
  • English Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • English Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
  • Young Forte Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Young Forte Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Forte Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tharin ...

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

Adding Tharin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tharin post office opened in 1883. The Tharin post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tharin.

Footnotes ...

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