Blues Old Stand, Alabama

Last updated

Blues Old Stand, Alabama
USA Alabama location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Blues Old Stand, Alabama
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Blues Old Stand, Alabama
Coordinates: 31°59′06″N85°43′01″W / 31.98500°N 85.71694°W / 31.98500; -85.71694
Country United States
State Alabama
County Bullock
Elevation
472 ft (144 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 334
GNIS feature ID114601 [1]

Blues Old Stand is an unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama, United States. The main road through the community is U.S. Route 29 in Alabama, but also includes Bullock County Roads 14 and 19. Blue Old Stand serves as the home of the Master Rack Hunting Lodge. [2]

History

According to one account, Blues Old Stand was named for a man named Blue who kept a store known locally as the 'stand'. [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Montgomery County, Alabama</span> County in Alabama, United States

Montgomery County is located in the State of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, its population was 228,954, making it the seventh-most populous county in Alabama. Its county seat is Montgomery, the state capital. Montgomery County is included in the Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bullock County, Alabama</span> County in Alabama, United States

Bullock County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,357. Union Springs was chosen as the county seat in 1867, and presently is the county's only incorporated city. The county was named for Confederate Army Colonel Edward C. Bullock who was a state senator and outspoken secessionist who died during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Midway, Alabama</span> Town in Alabama, United States

Midway is a town located in eastern Bullock County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 421.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Union Springs, Alabama</span> City in Alabama, United States

Union Springs is a city in and county seat of Bullock County, Alabama, United States. The population was 3,980 at the 2010 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leighton, Alabama</span> Town in Alabama, United States

Leighton is a town in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Florence - Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area known as "The Shoals". At the 2020 census, the population was 665. Leighton has been hit by several tornadoes in the 2000s, including a damaging EF2 on May 8, 2008, that was caught on tape flipping over many cars and damaging buildings.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gautier, Mississippi</span> City Gautier in Mississippi, United States

Gautier is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States, along the Gulf of Mexico west of Pascagoula. It is part of the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 18,572 at the 2010 census, up from 11,681 at the 2000 census. In 2002, Gautier had annexed land more than doubling its area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cheaha Mountain</span> Highest point in Alabama, United States

Cheaha Mountain, often called Mount Cheaha, is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is located a few miles northwest of the town of Delta in Cheaha State Park, which offers a lodge, a restaurant, and other amenities.

Grady is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States. Grady is located about 25 miles (40 km) south of Montgomery. It is at the intersection of Montgomery County Road 28 and Montgomery County Road 1.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Perote, Alabama</span> Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

Perote is an unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Toney, Alabama</span> Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

Toney is an unincorporated community in the northwestern part of Madison County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. According to "Appointment of Postmasters, 1832 - September 30, 1971" from the National Archive, the post office was established in 1898. Blanche Rawls Toney was the first post master, and Toney is said to have been named in her honor, probably by James E. Toney, her husband.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rosemark, Tennessee</span> Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States

Rosemark is an unincorporated residential and farm community located along Tennessee State Route 14 in northeastern Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. It had a population of 2,315 people in 2010.

Crane Hill is an unincorporated community in Cullman County, Alabama, United States, located in the southwestern portion of the county. The community of Crane Hill traces its history back to 1806, when the first settlers recorded their land titles. The area is named after the Sandhill Crane who fished the streams and roosted on a hill located just north of Mt. Zion Road.

Creek Stand is an unincorporated community in Macon County, Alabama, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1964 United States presidential election in Alabama</span> Election in Alabama

The 1964 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 3, 1964. Alabama voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-President. In Alabama, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Outline of Alabama</span> Overview of and topical guide to Alabama

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Alabama:

Warriorstand is an unincorporated community in Macon County, Alabama, United States.

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alamucha, Mississippi</span> Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States

Alamucha is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States.

High Ridge is an unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama, United States. The community was most likely named for the surrounding geography.

Three Notch Road is a 233-mile-long (375 km) historic road mostly in the US state of Alabama that runs from Pensacola, Florida, to Fort Mitchell in Russell County, Alabama.

References

  1. "Blues Old Stand". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Master Rack Lodge - Directions
  3. Gallant, Frank K. (2012). A Place Called Peculiar: Stories about Unusual American Place-Names. Courier Dover Publications. p. 3. ISBN   9780486483603.