Society Hill, Alabama

Society Hill is an unincorporated community in Macon County, Alabama, United States.

Society Hill
Unincorporated community
Society Hill
Location in Alabama.
Coordinates: 32°25′36″N 85°26′43″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMacon
Elevation
469 ft (143 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)334
GNIS feature ID155245[1]

History

The community is likely named after Society Hill, South Carolina.[2] Society Hill was once home to the Society Hill High School.[3]

A post office operated under the name Society Hill from 1837 to 1914.[4]

James Torbert served as the first postmaster of Society Hill.[5] Torbert's grandson, Clement Clay Torbert, was born in Society Hill but moved to Opelika to operate a store and bank.[6] Clement Clay's grandson, C. C. Torbert Jr., served as the twenty-fifth Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1977 through 1989.[7]

References
  1. "Society Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 129. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama. J. Boardman. 1858. p. 98.
  4. "Macon County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  5. The Alabama Review. University of Alabama Press for Alabama Historical Association. 1948. p. 227.
  6. Joel Campbell DuBose (1904). Notable Men of Alabama: Personal and Genealogical. Southern historical assoc. p. 197.
  7. "Clement Clay "Bo" Torbert, Jr". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 April 2020.



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