Pinckneyville, Alabama

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Pinckneyville, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Pinckneyville, Alabama
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Pinckneyville, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°06′24″N85°57′33″W / 33.10667°N 85.95917°W / 33.10667; -85.95917 Coordinates: 33°06′24″N85°57′33″W / 33.10667°N 85.95917°W / 33.10667; -85.95917
Country United States
State Alabama
County Clay
Elevation
761 ft (232 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 256 & 938
GNIS feature ID156888 [1]

Pinckneyville, also spelled as Pinkneyville, is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Alabama, United States.

History

Pinckneyville was named in honor of Thomas Pinckney. At one point, Pinckneyville was home to two churches, a general store, two grist mills, and a cotton gin. A group of men from Pinckneyville were mustered into Hilliard's Legion. [2] A post office operated under the name Pinckneyville from 1840 to 1903. [3]

A type of granodiorite known as Pinckneyville granite is found in the area and named for Pinckneyville. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Pinckneyville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ East, Don. A Historical Analysis of the Creek Indian Hillabee Towns. iUniverse, Inc. pp. 130–3. ISBN   978-1-4401-0163-2.
  3. ↑ "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States: A-L. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1938. p. 1661.


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