China Grove, Alabama

China Grove is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama, United States, located 15 miles (24 km) north of Troy.

China Grove, Alabama
Unincorporated community
China Grove, Alabama
China Grove, Alabama
Coordinates: 32°01′47″N 85°56′41″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyPike
Elevation
528 ft (161 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)334
GNIS feature ID164039[1]

History

The community is likely named after local chinaberry trees.[2] A post office operated under the name China Grove from 1830 to 1905.[3] China Grove was one of the first settled areas in Pike County.[4]

gollark: That's an orthogonal issue, mostly.
gollark: I like "respect" as "recognizing people as fellow humans who you should maintain some basic standard of niceness with". And "respect" as "admiring people based on achievements". And "respect" as "acknowledge people's opinions on things reasonably" and such. I do *not* like "respect" as "subservience"/"obedience" - the "respect for authority" sense. These are quite hard to define nicely and just get lumped into one overloaded word.
gollark: > I don't really like the term of "respect", because people use it to mean so many different often mutually exclusive things based on convenience then equivocate them in weird ways;
gollark: See, I consider this somewhat, well, worrying, given what I said about "respect" for authority figures being pretty close to "subservience" a lot.
gollark: "i will be respected here." implies EVERYONE, not just staff.

References
  1. "China Grove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 33. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. "Pike County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. "Coming Home: Friends to gather at old country church". Troy Messenger. Retrieved 7 November 2019.



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