Elm Bluff, Alabama

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Elm Bluff
Elm Bluff (the United States)
Coordinates: 32°09′11″N87°04′19″W / 32.15306°N 87.07194°W / 32.15306; -87.07194 Coordinates: 32°09′11″N87°04′19″W / 32.15306°N 87.07194°W / 32.15306; -87.07194
Country United States
State Alabama
County Dallas
Elevation
361 ft (110 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 251
GNIS feature ID117953 [1]

Elm Bluff, also known as Centreport, Shepardsville, and Shepardville, is an unincorporated community in Dallas County, Alabama. [2] It was named for the nearby bluff on the Alabama River and the closely associated Elm Bluff Plantation. [3]

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References

  1. "Elm Bluff". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Elm Bluff, Alabama". "AL HomeTownLocator". Retrieved 2008-11-05.
  3. Harris, W. Stuart (1976). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. pp. 99–100. ISBN   0-8173-1125-4.