Caffee Junction, Alabama

Caffee Junction, also known as Coffey Junction, Greeley, Martaban, and Rickey, is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. Caffee Junction is located along U.S. Route 11, 4.1 miles (6.6 km) north-northeast of Woodstock.

Caffee Junction, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Caffee Junction, Alabama
Caffee Junction, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°13′43″N 87°08′16″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyTuscaloosa
Elevation
653 ft (199 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID158836[1]

History

The community was originally known as Greeley for the Horace Greeley school located there.[2] A post office operated under the name Rickey from 1902 to 1904, and under the name Greeley from 1904 to 1929.[3] The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company operated an iron ore mine in Caffee Junction.[4]

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References
  1. "Caffee Junction". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 65. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. "Tuscaloosa County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. Statistics of the Mineral Production of Alabama for 1915. Geological Survey of Alabama. 1917. p. 2.



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