Welcome to Alvin ...

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

We've added Alvin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Alvin - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Alvin, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Alvin , we believe that it would have been located within present day Banks County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alvin, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1915.

Time Zone: The area where Alvin was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Alvin was located: 706 & 762<3>

Communities Also Named Alvin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Georgia communities named Alvin: This one is located in Banks County and the other is located in Madison County.

Beyond Georgia, there are 10 communities that are also named Alvin - they are located in British Columbia, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Alvin to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Alvin was on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alvin.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Banks County: www.bankscountyga.org/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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 Alvin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Banks, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Alvin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Alvin area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).