Roxana, also known as Rock Springs, /rɒksænə/ is an unincorporated community northwesterly located in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It lies seven miles (12 km) north of Notasulga and five miles (8 km) southwest of Waverly. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Area.
Roxana, Alabama | |
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 Roxana United Methodist Church | |
  Roxana  Roxana | |
| Coordinates: 32°41′13″N 85°40′09″W / 32.68694°N 85.66917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Lee |
| Elevation | 738 ft (225 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 125999[1] |
History
editRoxana was originally named Rock Springs. Since there was already a Rock Springs post office registered in Alabama, Samuel A. Burns, the first postmaster, devised a new name. He combined "rocks" and "Anna", the name of his wife, to come up with Roxana.[2] A post office operated under the name Roxana from 1882 to 1908.[3]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roxana, Alabama
- ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ "Lee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
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