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Welcome to Uchee ...

Uchee is located in Russell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Uchee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1835.

Uchee is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Uchee: 334 & 483<3>

Communities near Uchee ...

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

  • Auburn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Tuskegee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Hurtsboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hurtsboro is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
  • Marvyn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Marvyn is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvyn
  • Hatchechubbee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hatchechubbee is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchechubbee
  • Society Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Society Hill is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
  • Hugley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hugley is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugley
  • Rutherford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Rutherford is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
  • Crawford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Crawford is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
  • Seale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Uchee ...

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

Adding Uchee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Uchee post office opened in 1835. The Uchee post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Uchee.

Footnotes ...

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