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Welcome to Trio ...

Trio is located in Bibb County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Trio, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Trio is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Trio: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Trio ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Trio - they are located in North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.

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

Communities near Trio ...

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

  • Montevallo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Brent
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jemison
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Centreville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Centreville is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,559 people
  • Thorsby
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • West Blocton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Maplesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wilton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilton is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
    • Former names for Wilton:
    • Birmingham Junction
    • Bismarck
    • Catoosa
    • Woods
    • Woodsborough
  • Active
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Active is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Active
  • Lawley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lawley is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawley

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Trio ...

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

Adding Trio to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Trio post office opened in 1890. The Trio post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Trio.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Bibb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Trio - 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 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Trio area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Trio 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/