Manistee, Alabama

Manistee is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama, United States.[1] Manistee was a logging town, and was home to the Manistee Mill Company, Bear Creek Mill Company and Runyan-Burgoyne Lumber Company. The Manistee Mill Company built a spur track to connect the saw mills of Manistee with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Repton and named it the Manistee & Repton Railway. The railway began operations in 1907 and remained in use until the 1970s, operating over 45 miles of track.[2] Amasa Coleman Lee, father of Harper Lee, served as financial manager for a Monroeville law firm's interests in the Manistee & Repton Railway.[3] A post office was operated in Manistee from 1892 to 1912.[4]

Manistee, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Manistee, Alabama
Manistee, Alabama
Coordinates: 31°26′28″N 87°29′40″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMonroe
Elevation
167 ft (51 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)251
GNIS feature ID156652[1]

Notable person

Notes
  1. "Manistee, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. United States. Interstate Commerce Commission (1926). Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States. L.K. Strouse. p. 650.
  3. I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee - Charles J. Shields - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  4. "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. "HERLONG, Albert Sydney, Jr. - Biographical Information". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2014-07-19.



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