Welcome to Alabama ...
So far, we found very little information about Alabama. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Alabama to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Alabama - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Alabama, please Contact Us.
Alabama was located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).
While we don't have the exact location of Alabama , we believe that it would have been located within present day Houston County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Alabama, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.
When the people of Alabama referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Alabamian<3>
Time Zone: The area where Alabama was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Alabama was located: 936
Communities Also Named Alabama ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Alabama - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Nevada, New York and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alabama.
Adding Alabama to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Alabama 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 Alabama was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
X2X - From that list, the Alabama post office opened in 1840.
We also found Alabama in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Alabama.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.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 Alabama, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Houston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Alabama refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Alabama may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |