Coal Valley, Alabama

Coal Valley, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°44′24″N87°25′05″W / 33.74000°N 87.41806°W / 33.74000; -87.41806
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Walker
Elevation	367 ft (112 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes	205, 659
GNIS feature ID	116306 [1]

Coal Valley, also known as Cormick, is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States.

History

Coal Valley is named for the abundance of coal in the surrounding area. ^[2] Coal mines were opened in Coal Valley after the completion of the Georgia Pacific Railway. ^[3] The Coal Valley mines played a role in the 1920 Alabama coal strike. ^[4] A post office operated under the name Cormick from 1890 to 1891 and under the name Coal Valley from 1891 to 1951. ^[5]

Notes

1. "Coal Valley". 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. 37. ISBN   0-8173-0410-X.
3. Armes, Ethel (1972). The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama. Birmingham: The Book-Keepers Press. p. 502.
4. Brian Kelly (2001). Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21. University of Illinois Press. p. 172. ISBN   978-0-252-06933-8.
5. "Walker County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 30, 2015.

External links

• Coal Valley Coal Production Article ^{[ permanent dead link ]}