Spring Valley is an unincorporated community in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. Spring Valley is located at the junction of County Highways 57 and 61, 6.7 miles (10.8km) south-southeast of Muscle Shoals.[2] Spring Valley was the site of the former Spring Valley grade school and hosted many things, such as the Miss Spring Valley Pageant. One of the winners was Miss Doris (Hunter) Lowery. Spring Valley school hosted large political rallies in the 1960s, on the Saturday before the spring primary elections. Big Jim Folsom appeared one night thinking everyone had come out to see him.
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Colbert County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census the county's population was 54,428. The county seat is Tuscumbia. Its name is in honor of brothers George and Levi Colbert, Chickasaw Indian chiefs.
Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states. With a total of 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of inland waterways, Alabama has among the most of any state.
Spring Valley is home to several churches, including Spring Valley Church of Christ, Spring Valley Baptist, Spring Valley Church of God, and Mt Moriah Baptist. Spring Valley is home to Bobby Wright, who since the 1970s has provided a Christmas light spectacle along his circular drive and is visited by thousands from Thanksgiving to new years.
Spring Valley has been home to country stores through the years, including stores owned by Wallace Rutland, Dewey Isbell, Hubert Stanley, Rube Mitchell, and Mr. Elmer "Ford" and Mrs. Wylodean McDaniel Fuller. Mr. Mitchell also operated a cotton gin behind the store.
The Rogers Group has operated a limestone quarry located between the Three Mile Lane and Gargis Lane since the 1950s. Known back in the day as the "rock crusher", blasts from the quarry could be felt across Spring Valley as the quarry was expanded. A more recent company calling Spring Valley home is Sims Bark Co., located at the intersection of 3 Mile Lane and Spring Valley Road. The company sells mulch, soil, and landscaping material. Spring Valley is also home to the Colbert base for AirEvac Helicopter Service.
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