Ardilla, Alabama

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Ardilla, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°10′32″N85°21′37″W / 31.17556°N 85.36028°W / 31.17556; -85.36028 -->
Country United States
State Alabama
County Houston
Elevation
253 ft (77 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 334
GNIS feature ID113202 [1]

Ardilla is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Alabama, United States. Ardilla is located along Alabama State Route 53, 1 mile southeast of Ross Clark Circle in Dothan.

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History

Ardilla was named in honor of the wife of the community's first postmaster, Henry Wood. [2] A post office operated under the name Ardilla from 1898 to 1918. [3]

The Ardilla soil series is named for the community. [4]

Demographics

According to the returns from 1850 [5] -2010 [6] for Alabama, it has never reported a population figure separately on the U.S. Census. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Ardilla". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 9. ISBN   0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ↑ "Houston County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ardilla Soil Series". www.nrcs.usda.gov. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1850c-11.pdf, 1850 Census (places)
  6. ↑ http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-1-2.pdf, 2010 AL Census
  7. ↑ "US Census Bureau Publications - Census of Population and Housing".


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