Welcome to Birmingham ...Birmingham is located in Miami County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Birmingham, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862. When the people of Birmingham refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Birminghamian<2> Birmingham is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Birmingham lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Birmingham (for example, toward Rensselaer), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Communities Also Named Birmingham ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Indiana communities named Birmingham: This one is located in Miami County and the other is located in Tippecanoe County. Beyond Indiana, there are 24 communities that are also named Birmingham - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio (4), Pennsylvania (3), Saskatchewan and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Birmingham. Communities near Birmingham ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Birmingham.
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 Birmingham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Birmingham. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Birmingham. 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 Birmingham. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Birmingham. See our Newspapers Page for Birmingham. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Birmingham ...Looking for more information about Birmingham? 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 Birmingham, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Birmingham. Adding Birmingham to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Birmingham 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 Birmingham was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Birmingham. Footnotes ...
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