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Welcome to Allatoona ...

Allatoona is located in Bartow County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Allatoona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838.

Allatoona is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Allatoona lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Allatoona (for example, toward Gaylesville (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Allatoona: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Websites for Allatoona ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.barrowchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Allatoona, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Allatoona ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Allatoona ...

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

Adding Allatoona to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Allatoona post office opened in 1838. The Allatoona post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Allatoona.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Bartow, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Allatoona - 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 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Allatoona area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Allatoona 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/