Aberfoil, Alabama

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Aberfoil, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Aberfoil, Alabama
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Aberfoil, Alabama
Coordinates: 32°04′15″N85°41′16″W / 32.07083°N 85.68778°W / 32.07083; -85.68778
Country United States
State Alabama
County Bullock
Elevation
564 ft (172 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 334
GNIS feature ID112891 [1]

Aberfoil is an unincorporated community in Bullock County, in the U.S. state of Alabama. The main roads through the community are U.S. Route 29 and Alabama State Route 239.

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History

A post office was established at Aberfoil in 1837, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905. [2] A scene of the novel Rob Roy set in Aberfoyle, Scotland, likely inspired the naming. [3]

Demographics

According to the census returns from 1850 [4] -2010 [5] for Alabama, it has never reported a population figure separately on the U.S. Census. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Aberfoil". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Bullock County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Foscue, Virginia O. (1989). Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press. p. 5. ISBN   978-0-8173-0410-2.
  4. ↑ 1850 Census (places)
  5. ↑ 2010 AL Census
  6. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing - Publications - U.S. Census Bureau". Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
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