Pride, Alabama
Pride is and unincorporated community in Colbert County, Alabama.[1]
Pride, Alabama | |
|---|---|
  Pride, Alabama  Pride, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 34°43′25″N 87°49′14″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Colbert |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 256 & 938 |
| GNIS feature ID | 163938 |
History
Variant names were "Prides" and "Prides Station".[1] A post office called Pride's Station was established in 1870, and remained in operation until 1915.[2] The origin of the name "Pride" is obscure.[3]
gollark: * code
gollark: You can't boot anything but MacOS on them and I believe they require signed codes.
gollark: Locked down.
gollark: The new M1 ones are utterly.
gollark: Mine has the modern* i5-7200U CPU, which does.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pride
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. pp. 141–143.
Municipalities and communities of Colbert County, Alabama, United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cities |  Map of Alabama highlighting Colbert County | |
| Towns | ||
| Unincorporated communities | ||
 | ||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.