Carpenter's Station, Alabama | |
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  Carpenter's Station, Alabama  Carpenter's Station, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 30°51′26″N87°51′58″W / 30.85722°N 87.86611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| List of counties in Alabama | Mobile County |
| Elevation | 646 ft (197 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Carpenter's Station is a community located in Baldwin County, Alabama. It appears as "Carpenter" on the Bay Minette South U.S. Geological Survey Map. [1]
The community's name commemorates its original settler, Samuel Alexander Carpenter, born November 15, 1795, in Montgomery County, North Carolina, died February 2, 1884, at his home at Carpenter's Station, P.O. Hurricane, Baldwin County, Alabama (west of Bay Minette, Alabama). [2] During the War of 1812 he served in Captain Benjamin Cleveland's company of Tennessee Militia, enlisting on August 24, 1813, and serving for six months; he was honorably discharged on March 3, 1814, and later received a federal government pension for his service. In 1821, he was in the United States Territory of West Florida, where he signed a petition to the U.S. Congress expressing the signers' desire to be annexed to the State of Alabama. [3] On October 25, 1825, he married Aurelia Mary Hall in Baldwin County, Alabama. [4] She was born on January 2, 1807, in Mobile, Alabama, a daughter of Charles and Mary (Byrne) Hall of Baldwin County, both descendants of prominent pioneer families. [5] After their marriage, Samuel and Aurelia lived in Mobile County, Alabama, Escambia County, Florida, and Hancock County, Mississippi, as Samuel pursued a practice as an attorney. One source states that the P.O. received the official designation in 1898 for Aurelius M. Carpenter, who was killed while serving in the army during the Spanish–American War. [6]
Baldwin County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, on the Gulf coast. It is one of only two counties in Alabama that border the Gulf of Mexico, along with Mobile County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 231,767, making it the fourth-most populous county in Alabama. The county seat is Bay Minette. The county is named after the founder of the University of Georgia, Senator Abraham Baldwin.
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Ira Bowman Thompson was a politician, Ku Klux Klan leader, and attorney from the U.S. state of Alabama.
Stephen Albert McMillan was an American politician and real estate broker. From 1980 until his death, he was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives representing the 95th District, first serving as a Democrat before switching to the Republican Party in 1989. He was first elected to succeed his twin brother, John McMillan. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving member of the Alabama House of Representatives.
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State Route 112 (SR 112) was a 30.2-mile-long (48.6 km) state highway in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. The western terminus of the highway was at an intersection with U.S. Route 31 (US 31) in Bay Minette. The eastern terminus of the highway was at the Florida state line, west of Muscogee, where the roadway continues as Escambia County Road 184 (CR 184).
The Baldwin Times is a twice-weekly newspaper serving the Bay Minette area in the U.S. state of Alabama. It has a current circulation of about 1,000 as of 2018.
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