Possum Trot, Alabama

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Possum Trot, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°52′15″N85°45′07″W / 33.87083°N 85.75194°W / 33.87083; -85.75194 Coordinates: 33°52′15″N85°45′07″W / 33.87083°N 85.75194°W / 33.87083; -85.75194
Country United States
State Alabama
County Calhoun
Elevation
640 ft (200 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 256 & 938
GNIS feature ID149212 [1]

Possum Trot is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States.

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References

  1. "Possum Trot". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Huber, Patrick; Goodson, Steve; Anderson, David (31 January 2014). The Hank Williams Reader. Oxford University Press. p. 279. ISBN   978-0-19-934989-0.
  3. 1 2 Sullivan, Patricia (Summer 1987). "Reviewed Work: Hillbilly Realist: Herman Clarence Nixon of Possum Trot by Sarah Newman Shouse". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 71 (2): 351–354. JSTOR   40581683.