Sixmile, Alabama

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Sixmile, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Sixmile Community Center
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Sixmile, Alabama
Location within the state of Alabama
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Sixmile, Alabama
Sixmile, Alabama (the United States)
Coordinates: 33°00′28″N87°00′20″W / 33.00789°N 87.00554°W / 33.00789; -87.00554
Country United States
State Alabama
County Bibb
Elevation
354 ft (108 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 205, 659

Sixmile, also spelled Six Mile, is an unincorporated community in Bibb County, Alabama, United States. [1]

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History

The community is named for Sixmile Creek and was once home to the Sixmile Academy and a forge. A newspaper, the Bibb Blade, began printing in 1879 in Sixmile. [2]

A post office operated under the name Sixmile from 1857 to 1909. [3]

Geography

Sixmile is located at 33°00′28″N87°00′20″W / 33.00789°N 87.00554°W / 33.00789; -87.00554 and has an elevation of 354 feet (108 m). [1]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sixmile
  2. ↑ Ellison, Rhoda C. (1999). Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 79. ISBN   9780817309879.
  3. ↑ "Bibb County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
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