Welcome to Alville ...
So far, we found very little information about Alville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Alville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Alville, please Contact Us.
Alville would have been located within present day Gilliam County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Alville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Alville is 2,710 feet [826 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Alville is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Alville was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Alville was located: 541 & 458<4>
Communities near Alville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alville.
- Condon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condon
- Condon is located in Gilliam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 714 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Condon <5>
- Clem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Mayville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Mayville is located in Gilliam County
- Olex
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Kent
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Kent is located in Sherman County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <5>
- Rosebush ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Monkland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Fossil
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossil
- Fossil is located in Wheeler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fossil <5>
- Gooseberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gooseberry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
- Gooseberry is located in Morrow County
- De Moss Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Moss Springs
- De Moss Springs is located in Sherman County
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 Alville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alville. 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 Alville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alville. See our Newspapers Page for Alville.
Adding Alville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Alville 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 for Alville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Alville post office opened in 1901.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Alville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.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 Alville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Gilliam, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Alville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Alville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |