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Welcome to Tredegar ...

Tredegar is located in Calhoun County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tredegar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Tredegar is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Tredegar: 256 & 938<3>

Websites for Tredegar ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.calhounchamber.com/

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

Communities near Tredegar ...

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

  • Gadsden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Oxford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Anniston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jacksonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rainbow City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Southside
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Glencoe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Piedmont
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hokes Bluff
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Heflin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tredegar ...

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

Adding Tredegar to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tredegar post office opened in 1894. The Tredegar post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tredegar.

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 Tredegar - 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 Tredegar area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Tredegar 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/