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Welcome to Underwood Estates ...

Underwood Estates is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Underwood Estates: Underwood Ests.

Underwood Estates is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Underwood Estates: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Underwood Estates ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Underwood Estates - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Underwood Estates ...

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

  • Florence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Muscle Shoals
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheffield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Tuscumbia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Corning ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
  • Cherokee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Littleville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Littleville is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
  • Killen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Saint Joseph
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Florian
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Underwood Estates ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lauderdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Underwood Estates - 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 Underwood Estates area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Underwood Estates 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.