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Welcome to Tysonville ...

Tysonville is located in Macon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tysonville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

Tysonville is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Tysonville: 334

Communities Also Named Tysonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Tysonville - they are located in North Carolina and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Tysonville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tysonville ...

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

Adding Tysonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tysonville 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 for Tysonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Tysonville post office opened in 1903.

We also found Tysonville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tysonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Macon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tysonville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/