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Welcome to Wright ...

Wright is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wright, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Wright is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wright: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Wright ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named Wright - they are located in Arkansas (2), British Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas (3), Utah, Virginia (2), West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Wright ...

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

  • Florence
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheffield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Iuka
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <4>
  • Lutts
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Lutts is located in Wayne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutts
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lutts <4>
  • Cherokee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Burnsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Waterloo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Chickasaw ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Chickasaw is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
  • Riverton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Riverton is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
  • Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wright ...

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

Adding Wright to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wright post office opened in 1891. The Wright post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wright.

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 Wright - 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 Wright area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Wright 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/