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Welcome to Wannville ...

Wannville is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wannville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Wannville is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Wannville: 256 & 938<3>

Communities near Wannville ...

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

  • Scottsboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rainsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • South Pittsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Henagar
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bridgeport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bridgeport is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
    • Former name for Bridgeport:
    • Jonesville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <4>
  • Stevenson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Sylvania
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sylvania is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,860 people
  • New Hope
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • New Hope is located in Marion County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
  • Hollywood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Powell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Powell is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 908 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 Wannville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wannville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wannville ...

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

Adding Wannville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wannville post office opened in 1886. The Wannville post office closed in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wannville.

Footnotes ...

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