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Welcome to Slocomb ...

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Slocomb, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Slocomb is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Slocomb was located: 501

Communities Also Named Slocomb ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Slocomb - they are located in Alabama and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Slocomb ...

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

  • Hot Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Benton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Bryant
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Malvern
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Shannon Hills
    (19 miles [30.6 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
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rockport is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
  • Fountain Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • 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 Slocomb. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Slocomb.

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

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

Adding Slocomb to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Slocomb post office opened in 1900. The Slocomb post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Slocomb.

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 Slocomb, 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 Slocomb - 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/