Barrytown, Alabama

Barrytown, also known as Barryton or Mosely Store, is an unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States.

Barrytown, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Barrytown
Barrytown
Coordinates: 31°50′15″N 88°15′10″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyChoctaw
Elevation
112 ft (34 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205 and 659
GNIS feature ID157885[1]

History

The name Barrytown comes from the combination of the words barrel and town, as the area was known for the production of turpentine barrels. Barrytown served as the county seat of Washington County from 1842 to 1847 until Choctaw County was formed from parts of Washington and Sumter County.[2] A post office operated in Barrytown from 1833 to 1914.[3]

gollark: The Discord link and telephone controls also live in separate modules.
gollark: I don't think so? They might be fast enough anyway. Never really checked.
gollark: The main issue is that it would be a bit bee to just do database queries for every message to check so it would need to be cached in memory.
gollark: Mute in/out of a server that is.
gollark: I would probably add a ++tel mute command which toggles someone's mute status and check it in discord_link.py.

References
  1. "Barrytown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. "Choctaw County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 13 February 2020.


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