Pope, Alabama

Pope is an unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama, United States.[1]

Pope, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Pope, Alabama
Location within the state of Alabama
Pope, Alabama
Pope, Alabama (the United States)
Coordinates: 32°03′47″N 87°37′28″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMarengo
Elevation
151 ft (46 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)334

History

A post office called Pope was established in 1938, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1967.[2] The community was named after the first postmaster, Hubert C. Pope.[3] Pope has been noted for its unusual place name.[4]

gollark: Fun idea: for the more centralized advertising systems people seem to be considering, instead of buying slots for a certain time, run an automated auction every time each ad display or whatever displays a different thing to decide what to display.
gollark: I've been doing yet more ~~debugging~~ deintendedfeatureing.
gollark: Anything interesting going on ingame?
gollark: Hi, people who exist!
gollark: I don't even mean if you're an AI or a person, I mean: how can you prove that you are actually real?

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pope, Alabama
  2. "Marengo County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  3. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 113. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  4. Thompson, George E. (1 July 2009). You Live Where?: Interesting and Unusual Facts about where We Live. iUniverse. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-4401-3421-0.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.