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Welcome to Windcrest ...

Windcrest is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

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

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

Area Codes for Windcrest: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Windcrest ...

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

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

Communities near Windcrest ...

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

  • Muscle Shoals
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sheffield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuscumbia
    (7 miles [11.3 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
    (18 miles [29 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
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Cherokee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Littleville
    (16 miles [25.7 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 east)
  • Saint Joseph
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Windcrest. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Windcrest.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Windcrest ...

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

Footnotes ...

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