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Welcome to Alum ...

So far, we found very little information about Alum. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Alum to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Alum, please Contact Us.

Alum would have been located within present day Saline County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alum, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Alum is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Alum was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Alum was located: 501

Communities Also Named Alum ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Alum - they are located in Nevada and Texas.

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

Communities near Alum ...

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

  • Hot Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Benton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Bryant
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Malvern
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Malvern is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malvern
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,788 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malvern <4>
  • Haskell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Shannon Hills
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Shannon Hills is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,087 people
  • Alexander
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Rockport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Rockport is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
  • Fountain Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Fountain Lake is located in Garland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
  • Bauxite
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Bauxite is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people

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

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

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

Adding Alum to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alum in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Alum was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Alum post office opened in 1902. The Alum post office closed in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alum.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Alum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Saline, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alum - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/