Trickem, Cleburne County, Alabama

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Trickem, Alabama
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Coordinates: 33°33′22″N85°24′40″W / 33.55611°N 85.41111°W / 33.55611; -85.41111 Coordinates: 33°33′22″N85°24′40″W / 33.55611°N 85.41111°W / 33.55611; -85.41111
Country United States
State Alabama
County Cleburne
Elevation
1,060 ft (320 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 256 & 938
GNIS feature ID157172 [1]

Trickem is an unincorporated community in Cleburne County, Alabama, United States. [1]

History

The community's name is derived from Tri-Com, which is a shortened form of Tri-Communities Church, which was another name for the local Mt. Giliard Church. The post office operated from 1891 to 1903. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Trickem, Cleburne County, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 27. ISBN   0-8173-0410-X.


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