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| Updated: August 2009 |
Map 1 Area South of Birmingport Hwy (Ala Hwy 269) and west of Interstate 20/59 |
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Hopkins | Rock Creek (Farming community around Rock Creek Baptist Church which was organized in 1822.) |
| Alliance (Farming community named for The Farmer's Alliance Cooperative Organization which met at Liberty Baptist Church. The meetings were later moved to the newly built Meeting Hall/School which took on the name of Alliance.) |
Hueytown
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of Hueytown
The
History of Hueytown
A Brief History of Alabama and Hueytown
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Rutledge Springs (Community of a few homesites, named for James Rutledge (1789-1864), east of Bethlehem Methodist Church; obliterated in early 1970s for Interstate 20/59 right-of-way and Exit #115 ramps.) |
| Concord (fka Piney Woods)
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Maxine | Short Creek |
| Dolomite (Coal miner housing community, begun circa 1881-1883, built by the Woodward Iron Co. (later bought by the Mead Corp) for the company's first coal mines - Dolomite #1.)
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McDonald Chapel (Farming community around McDonald Chapel Methodist Church named for Rev. William Buell McDonald (1807-1883)) |
Sylvan Springs (Farming community around community church organized in 1884 as Oak Grove Methodist Church. Church was renamed West Grove and, in the 1980s, the church was renamed to First United Methodist Church of Sylvan Springs. Area was known as Hoagtown, named for William Thomas Hogan (1847-1931) and incorporated as Sylvan Springs in 1957.)
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| Edgewater (Miner housing community, begun in 1911, built by the (TCI) Tennessee Coal & Iron Division of U. S. Steel Corp for the company's Edgewater coal mine.) |
Oak Grove (Farming community around Oak Grove First Baptist Church which was organized in 1881.) |
Toadvine
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| Ezra |
North Johns |
Valley Creek |
| Garywood | Pleasant Grove (fka Frog Pond & Apex) (Farming community which expanded once the Woodward Iron Co. opened their Dolomite Mine #3 in 1916.) |
Virginia Mines (Community around a coal mine shaft that opened in 1899.) |
| Gilmore | Powhatan | Woodward (Began, circa 1882-1883, as housing for workers at the Woodward Iron Company and its blast furnaces) |
| Providence (Farming community around Providence Baptist Church) |
Wylam (Coal miner housing community, begun in 1886, around the Tennessee, Coal & Iron Co. (TCI was bought by U. S. Steel in 1907) coal mines - Number One and Number Two) |
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| General Histories | Other links
Birmingham Rewound Black Warrior and Tombigbee Lakes
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Bhamwiki website articles
Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama |
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Map 2 Area |
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| Adamsville (Farming community named for William M. Adams (1843-1909). Coal mine opened about 1890 and the town incorporated in 1901.)
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Daisey City |
Mulga (Began as housing for coal miners at Woodward Iron Company's Mulga mine. Was Mulga named for the nearby Mulga Creek?) |
| Bayview (Coal miner housing community, begun circa 1909, built by the Tennessee, Coal & Iron Division of U. S. Steel.)
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Docena (name chosen as dozen in
Spanish) (Coal miner housing community, begun circa 1905, built by the Tennessee, Coal & Iron Co. (TCI was bought by U. S. Steel in 1907) for coal mine shaft #12. The mine closed in 1962.) |
Pinkney City |
| Bessie / Maben | Forestdale |
Praco (Mining camp for Pratt Consolidated Coal Company) |
| Blossburg |
Graysville (fka Gin Town) |
Pratt City (fka Coketon/Coketown; Pratt Mines community begun in 1886; annexed into Birmingham in 1910) |
| Brookside Link to Bhamwiki article
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Hillview | Republic (Began as housing for coal miners at Republic Steel's coal mine) |
| Cardiff (Coal mining community for Sloss Iron & Steel Company)
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Labuco (Named for the Lacey-Buek Iron Company which opened a coal mine in 1905. Several companies operated the mine until it was permanently closed in 1963.) |
Sandusky |
| Coalburg (Sloss Iron & Steel Co.'s coal mining community. Started by Coalburg Coal and Coke Company?) |
Maytown (Named for William Lucius May, MD (1874-1948) who gave the land for the Maytown Baptist Church - organized in 1911)
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Sayre |
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Crumly Chapel (Farming community named for Robert Crumly (1800-1882) settled circa 1858 by Oliver Shoemaker and Jack (John) Echols. |
Minor (Community around the previous Minor High School location. The school's first full school year was 1922 -23.) |
West Jefferson
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| General Histories | Other links | Bhamwiki website articles
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nearby Map 4 Area East of I-20/59 in western Jefferson County |
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| Bhamwiki website articles
Lloyd
Nolan Hospital in Fairfield |