Sprott, Alabama

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Sprott, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Crossroads store and post office in Sprott as photographed by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration
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Sprott, Alabama
Location of Sprott in Alabama
Coordinates: 32°40′36″N87°13′17″W / 32.67667°N 87.22139°W / 32.67667; -87.22139
Country United States
State Alabama
County Perry
Elevation
[1]
177 ft (54 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
36756
Area code 334
FIPS code 01-01105
GNIS feature ID160662 [1]
[2]

Sprott is an unincorporated community in Perry County, Alabama, United States. It is located at the intersection of Alabama Highways 14, and 183, northeast of Marion.

A 1930s view of the USPO/crossroads store by Walker Evans, albeit without showing persons, was used as title cover of the 2003 musical record Rural Renewal by the band The Crusaders.

Notable person

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sprott, Alabama. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
  2. ↑ "Sprott AL". ZIP Code Lookup. Retrieved June 9, 2008.

Sprott was the nearby community of the Ricketts, Woods, and Gudger families, made famous (infamous?) in the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee with photographs by Walker Evans, one of which photos shows Sprott circa 1938–39.


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