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Welcome to Wilson Dam ...

Wilson Dam is primarily located in Colbert County<1>. A portion of Wilson Dam extends into Lauderdale County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilson Dam, you might consider that their post office opened in 1934.

Wilson Dam is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wilson Dam: 256 & 938<3>

Communities near Wilson Dam ...

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

  • Muscle Shoals
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sheffield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuscumbia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rogersville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
    • Former name for Rogersville:
    • Rodgersville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <4>
  • Corning ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 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
  • Town Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cherokee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Littleville
    (14 miles [22.5 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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Joseph
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wilson Dam ...

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

Adding Wilson Dam to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wilson Dam post office opened in 1934. The Wilson Dam post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilson Dam.

Footnotes ...

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