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Welcome to Womack Hill ...

Womack Hill is located in Choctaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Womack Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Womack Hill is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Womack Hill ...

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

  • Butler
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Millry
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Silas
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Coffeeville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Gilbertown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Toxey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Toxey is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Needham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Needham is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
  • Fakit Chipunta ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fakit Chipunta is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fakit Chipunta
  • Bladon Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Souwilpa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Womack Hill ...

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

Adding Womack Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Womack Hill 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 Womack Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Womack Hill post office opened in 1878. The Womack Hill post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Womack Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Choctaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Womack Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/