Coal Fire, Alabama

Last updated

Coal Fire, Alabama
Unincorporated community
USA Alabama location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Coal Fire, Alabama
Location within the state of Alabama
Coordinates: 33°08′28″N88°02′19″W / 33.1412335°N 88.0386336°W / 33.1412335; -88.0386336
Country United States
State Alabama
County Pickens
Elevation
282 ft (86 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 205, 659

Coal Fire, also known as Cold Fire, Coalfire, and Fundee, is an unincorporated community in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. [1]

History

The community was first known as Fundee, which was a portmanteau of two local family names, the Funderburks and the DeLoaches. It was then renamed for a local creek, which has been recorded as both Coal Fire and Cold Fire. [2] A post office called Coal Fire was established in 1871, and remained in operation until being discontinued in 1927. [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coal Fire, Alabama
  2. ↑ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 38. ISBN   0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ↑ "Pickens County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.