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Welcome to Vidette ...

Vidette is located in Crenshaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vidette, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Vidette is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Vidette: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Vidette ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Vidette - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia, Georgia and Kansas.

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

Communities near Vidette ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vidette ...

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

Adding Vidette to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Vidette post office opened in 1882. The Vidette post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vidette.

Footnotes ...

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