Possum Trot, Alabama

Possum Trot is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States.

Possum Trot, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°52′15″N 85°45′07″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Calhoun
Elevation	640 ft (200 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	256 & 938
GNIS feature ID	149212[1]

Possum Trot has been noted for its unusual place name.[2]

Notable people

• Rick Bragg, a journalist, was raised in Possum Trot.[3]
• Herman Clarence Nixon, a political scientist at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Southern Agrarians, was born in Possum Trot.[4] In 1941, he wrote a book about his hometown, entitled Possum Trot: Rural Community, South.[4]

References

1. "Possum Trot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. 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.
3. Huber, Patrick; Goodson, Steve; Anderson, David (31 January 2014). The Hank Williams Reader. Oxford University Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-19-934989-0.
4. Sullivan, Patricia (Summer 1987). "Reviewed Work: Hillbilly Realist: Herman Clarence Nixon of Possum Trot by Sarah Newman Shouse". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 71 (2): 351–354. JSTOR 40581683.