Sylvan Grove, Alabama

Sylvan Grove, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°21′14″N85°27′56″W / 31.35389°N 85.46556°W / 31.35389; -85.46556
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Dale
Elevation	351 ft (107 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	334
GNIS feature ID	157138 [1]

Sylvan Grove, also spelled Sylvangrove, is an unincorporated community in Dale County, Alabama, United States.

History

A post office operated under the name Sylvan Grove from 1858 to 1902. ^[2]

A portion of the 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry came from Sylvan Grove. ^[3]

Notable person

• Archibald Hill Carmichael, politician who represented Alabama's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from November 1933 to January 1937. ^[4] He was the son of Jesse Malcolm Carmichael, who served as State Auditor of Alabama from 1880-1884 and 1905–1907, and moved to Sylvan Grove from Georgia at a young age. ^[5]

References

1. "Sylvan Grove". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Dale County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
3. James P. Faust (October 29, 2014). The Fighting Fifteenth Alabama Infantry: A Civil War History and Roster. McFarland. p. 166. ISBN   978-0-7864-9612-9.
4. Alabama Official and Statistical Register. State of Alabama, Department of Archives and History. 1907. pp.  93.
5. "Alabama Auditors: Jesse Malcolm Carmichael". Alabama Department of Archives and History. State of Alabama. Archived from the original on July 12, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2015.