Shottsville, Alabama

Shottsville is an unincorporated community in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Shottsville, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Shottsville, Alabama
Location in Alabama.
Coordinates: 34°15′39″N 88°07′38″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMarion
Elevation
489 ft (149 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID126823[1]

History

Shottsville is named for John Shotts, who settled in the area in 1839.[2] A post office operated under the name Shottsville from 1874 to 1905.[3]

gollark: Maybe it helps if it has more of the SCP format there.
gollark: Those first sentences in the special containment procedures actually made sense!
gollark: It produces```Item #: SCP-055Object Class: KeterSpecial Containment Procedures: Any associated documentary material related to SCP-055 is to be preserved in a separate, secure facility in Zeta-4.No Foundation personnel are permitted to enter the facility except as a part of testing, if at all. No photos of SCP-055 are to be taken by any Foundation staff unless specifically requested by site commander.Description: SCP-055 is a wealthy American corporate tycoon, who has purportedly been making many fantastical claims concerning the whereabouts and abilities of a magical local and international repository of occult artifacts and knowledge. The Archive of Lights claims to hold "over 40 million original, source photographed images, books, articles, patents, letters and other```
gollark: I put in this:```Item #: SCP-055Object Class: KeterSpecial Containment Procedures: ```
gollark: It also didn't say "Special Containment Procedures" or "Object Class". Actually, I'll put that in...

References
  1. "Shottsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 127. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. "Marion County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 November 2015.



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