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Fernbank, Alabama

Coordinates: 33°34′45.4″N 88°08′30.1″W / 33.579278°N 88.141694°W / 33.579278; -88.141694
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Fernbank, Alabama
Fernbank is located in Alabama
Fernbank
Fernbank
Fernbank is located in the United States
Fernbank
Fernbank
Coordinates: 33°34′45.4″N 88°08′30.1″W / 33.579278°N 88.141694°W / 33.579278; -88.141694
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyLamar
Elevation
256 ft (78 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID118260[1]

Fernbank is an unincorporated community in Lamar County, Alabama, United States, on the north bank of Luxapallila Creek. Fernbank is located approximately five miles northwest of Millport.

History

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The community was originally named Baltimore in honor of Baltimore, Maryland. The name was later changed to Fernbank due to the ferns growing in the surrounding area.[2] The community is located on the former Georgia Pacific Railway and was once home to a Masonic lodge, sawmill, and drugstore.[3][4][5]

A post office operated under the name Fernbank from 1884 to 1986.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Fernbank". 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. 56. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ^ Local Laws Relating to Jefferson County, Ala: As Enacted by the General Assembly, from the Establishment of the County, in 1819, to Date. Birmingham, Alabama: Alabama Court of County Commissioners. 1893. p. 78.
  4. ^ Seay, Noble (1924). Report of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama During the October Terms, 1922 to 1923, 1923 to 1924. St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Company. p. 324.
  5. ^ The Era Druggists' Directory, Volume 19. New York, New York: D. O. Haynes & Company. 1921. p. 35.
  6. ^ "Lamar County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 9, 2022.