Foshee, Alabama

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Foshee, Alabama
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Coordinates: 31°07′01″N87°13′35″W / 31.11694°N 87.22639°W / 31.11694; -87.22639 Coordinates: 31°07′01″N87°13′35″W / 31.11694°N 87.22639°W / 31.11694; -87.22639
Country United States
State Alabama
County Escambia
Elevation
118 ft (36 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 251
GNIS feature ID156369 [1]

Foshee is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, Alabama, United States between Brewton and Pollard on U.S. Route 29. Foshee was founded as a sawmill town and named after Stewart J. Foshee, who owned several sawmills in Escambia County. [2] Russell A. Alger and Martin Sullivan founded the Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company in the late 1890s and began logging around Foshee. They used lumber from the mill to build a new sawmill in Florida, which eventually grew into the town of Century. [3] A post office was operated in Foshee from 1914 to 1924. [4]

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References

  1. "Foshee". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Read, William A.; McMillan, James B. (30 October 1984). Indian Place Names in Alabama - William A. Read - Google Books. ISBN   9780817302313 . Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  3. McMillan, Tom (2012). Escambia County - Tom McMillan - Google Books. ISBN   9780738591230 . Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  4. "Escambia County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 20 November 2014.