Welcome to Upton ...

So far, we found very little information about Upton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Upton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Upton, please Contact Us.

Upton would have been located within present day Marshall County<2>.

The location of Upton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Upton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1905.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Upton is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Upton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Upton would have been located in the (256) and (938)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Upton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Upton: This one is located in Marshall County and the other is located in Etowah County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 30 communities that are also named Upton - they are located in California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Texas, Utah (2), West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Upton ...

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

• Albertville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertville
  • Albertville is located in Marshall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,777 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albertville <6>
• Guntersville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
  • Guntersville is located in Marshall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
  • Former names for Guntersville:
  • Gunter's Ferry
  • Gunter's Landing
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <6>
• Arab
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arab
  • Arab is located in Marshall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,406 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arab <6>
• New Hope
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
  • New Hope is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,927 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Hope <6>
• Owens' Cross Roads
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owens' Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens' Cross Roads
  • Owens' Cross Roads is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,233 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owens' Cross Roads <6>
• Grant
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
  • Grant is located in Marshall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 902 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grant <6>
• Gurley
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
  • Gurley is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gurley <6>
• Douglas
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
  • Douglas is located in Marshall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
• Woodville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Woodville is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodville <6>
• Baileyton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyton
  • Baileyton is located in Cullman County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 617 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baileyton <6>

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

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

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

Adding Upton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Upton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Upton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Upton post office opened in 1905.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Upton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Marshall County: www.marshallco.org/www/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/