Mount Sterling, Alabama

Mount Sterling, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°5′37″N88°9′47″W / 32.09361°N 88.16306°W / 32.09361; -88.16306
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Choctaw
Elevation	164 ft (50 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes	205, 659

Mount Sterling is an unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States. ^[1] Mount Sterling was once a prosperous antebellum community, with an economy based on cotton and timber, but today little is left other than a few scattered houses. One church building, the Mount Sterling Methodist Church, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ^{[2] [3]}

Mount Sterling's population as an unincorporated community was listed as 126 at the 1880 U.S. Census, the only time a figure was returned.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1880	126		—
U.S. Decennial Census [4]

Geography

Mount Sterling is located at 32°05′38″N88°09′47″W / 32.09375°N 88.16307°W / 32.09375; -88.16307 and has an elevation of 164 feet (50 m). ^[1]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Sterling, Alabama
2. Chiat, Marilyn Joyce Segal (1997). America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places For Every Community. John Wiley and Sons. p. 279. ISBN   978-0-471-14502-8.
3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
4. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.