Abel, Alabama

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Abel, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Abel, Alabama
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Abel, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°32′55″N85°42′45″W / 33.54861°N 85.71250°W / 33.54861; -85.71250
Country United States
State Alabama
County Cleburne
Elevation
968 ft (295 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID159044 [1]

Abel is an unincorporated community in Cleburne County, in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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History

A post office was established at Abel in 1889, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907. [2] The community was named after the biblical Abel, the second son of Adam and Eve. [3]

Demographics

According to the census returns from 1850 [4] to 2010 [5] for Alabama, it has never reported a population figure separately on the U.S. Census. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Abel". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Cleburne County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Foscue, Virginia O. (1989). Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press. p. 5. ISBN   978-0-8173-0410-2.
  4. ↑ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1850c-11.pdf, 1850 Census (places)
  5. ↑ http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-1-2.pdf, 2010 AL Census
  6. ↑ "US Census Bureau Publications - Census of Population and Housing".



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