Manchester is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States. Manchester is located along Alabama State Route 195, 6.1 miles (9.8 km) north-northeast of Jasper.
Manchester, Alabama | |
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 1923 fire insurance map of Manchester | |
  Manchester  Manchester | |
| Coordinates: 33°54′23″N 87°18′05″W / 33.90639°N 87.30139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Walker |
| Elevation | 463 ft (141 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 91 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 205, 659 |
| GNIS feature ID | 160027[1] |
History
editManchester was founded as a lumber center.[2] The Manchester Lumber Company owned a large amount of the surrounding timber land and built a school and Baptist church for the community.[3][self-published source] Much of the lumber produced in Manchester was used to make flatboats, which were used to transport coal.[4] For a short time, the Manchester Coal Company mined coal in the area.[5]
A post office operated under the name Manchester from 1907 to 1957.[6]
The Walker County Airport is located in Manchester.
Notes
edit- ^ "Manchester". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ Robin Sterling (October 2015). People and Things from the Walker County, Alabama Jasper Mountain Eagle (1906 - 1909). Lulu.com. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-329-59125-7.
- ^ Pat Morrison (2004). Walker County, Alabama. Arcadia Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7385-1690-5.
- ^ Coal Age. McGraw-Hill. 1921. p. 652.
- ^ "Walker County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
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