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Welcome to Gabbettville ...

Gabbettville is located in Troup County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gabbettville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Gabbettville is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Gabbettville (for example, toward Valley (AL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Gabbettville: 706 & 762<3>

Communities near Gabbettville ...

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

  • LaGrange
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
  • Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Valley is located in Chambers County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,077 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley <4>
  • Lanett
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lanett is located in Chambers County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanett
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,054 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lanett <4>
  • Roanoke
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Roanoke is located in Randolph County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roanoke
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,940 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roanoke <4>
  • Graysons Landing
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
  • West Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • LaFayette
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Louise
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Louise is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
    • Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
  • Pine Mountain
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gabbettville ...

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

Adding Gabbettville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gabbettville post office opened in 1887. The Gabbettville post office closed in 1975.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gabbettville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Troup, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gabbettville - 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 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Gabbettville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Gabbettville 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/