Place Names in AlabamaUniversity of Alabama Press, 1989 - 175 pages The first systematic attempt to account for all the names of the counties, cities, town, water courses, bodies of water, and mountains that appear on readily available maps of Alabama In dictionary format, this volume contains some 2,610 place names, selected according to strict criteria as outlined in the introductions, from more than 52,000 available for the state of Alabama. Included in each entry is a description of the geographical feature, its exact location, the etymology of each name the feature has carried through the years, the historical circumstances and dates of each naming, and the sources for these facts, which include both written documents and interviews with local informants. “...provides fascinating insights, into not only the origin of the name but also many of the people who settled the state.” —Joab L. Thomas, President of The University of Alabama“An invaluable resource for television news and talk shows...not to mention a treasure for trivia buffs!” —Tom York, WBRC-6 |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Phonetic Symbols | 4 |
Dictionary of Place Names in Alabama | 5 |
Sources | 153 |
Maps of Alabama 18201903 | 169 |
Common terms and phrases
1959 Alabama Highway 1966 Base Maps Alabama Highway Map Alabama River Autauga Baldwin bama Bibb Blount Butler called Cherokee Chilton Chilton Co Choctaw Clair Clarke Community with discon Community with discontinued Conecuh Coosa River COUNTY Created Covington Created by act Creek Indian CREEK Stream rising CROSSROADS Cullman Dale DeKalb descriptive and environmental descriptive name discontinued PO early settler Elmore environmental name Escambia Etowah Fayette flowing Hagood Harris Historical Society honor Jackson Jackson Co Jefferson known LAKE land Lauderdale located Louisville and Nashville Lowndes M. B. Owen Madison Marengo McMillan Mobile Montgomery Official 1959 Alabama Pickens Pike Pike Co Place Names PO est postmaster Probably a descriptive Probably named Raughton Record of Appointment Renamed seat Settlement with discon Settlement with discontinued Settlement with PO Shelby Sockwell SPRINGS Sumter T. M. Owen Talladega Tallapoosa tinued Tombigbee River town with discontinued town with PO Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Walker Wilcox