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Welcome to Wilburn ...

Wilburn is located in Cullman County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilburn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Wilburn is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wilburn: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Wilburn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Wilburn - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Nova Scotia, South Carolina and Virginia.

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

Communities near Wilburn ...

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

  • Cullman
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jasper
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kimberly
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Hanceville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Warrior
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Good Hope
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Good Hope is located in Cullman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,393 people
  • Sumiton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Sumiton is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumiton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,330 people
    • Former names for Sumiton:
    • Commercial
    • Democrat
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumiton <4>
  • Morris
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Morris is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
  • Dora
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Dora is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dora <4>
  • Cordova
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wilburn ...

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

Adding Wilburn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wilburn post office opened in 1903. The Wilburn post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilburn.

Footnotes ...

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