Coal Valley, Alabama

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Coal Valley, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coal Valley
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Coal Valley
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 code(s) 205, 659
GNIS feature ID116306 [1]

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

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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.


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