Mount Sterling, Alabama

Mount Sterling is an unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States.[1] Mount Sterling was once a prosperous antebellum community, with an economy based on cotton and timber, but today little is left other than a few scattered houses. One church building, the Mount Sterling Methodist Church, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2][3]

Mount Sterling, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Mount Sterling, Alabama
Location within the state of Alabama
Mount Sterling, Alabama
Mount Sterling, Alabama (the United States)
Coordinates: 32°5′37″N 88°9′47″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyChoctaw
Elevation
164 ft (50 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659

Mount Sterling's population as an unincorporated community was listed as 126 at the 1880 U.S. Census, the only time a figure was returned.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1880126—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

Geography

Mount Sterling is located at 32.09375°N 88.16307°W / 32.09375; -88.16307 and has an elevation of 164 feet (50 m).[1]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Sterling, Alabama
  2. Chiat, Marilyn Joyce Segal (1997). America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places For Every Community. John Wiley and Sons. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-471-14502-8.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.



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