Card Switch, Alabama
Card Switch is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama, United States.[1]
Card Switch, Alabama | |
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  Card Switch  Card Switch | |
| Coordinates: 34°52′22″N 85°51′20″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Jackson |
| Elevation | 643 ft (196 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 115611[1] |
A CSX railway line runs through Card Switch.
The Burch Cemetery is located in Card Switch.[2] Also located there is the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church. Elias Camp Morris, who went on to become president of the National Baptist Convention in 1895, joined the church in 1874 and was licensed to preach the following year.[3]
References
- "Card Switch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "Burch Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- Dorrien, Gary (2015). The New Abolition: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel. Yale University Press. p. 405. ISBN 9780300216332.
Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, Alabama, United States | ||
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| Cities |  Map of Alabama highlighting Jackson County | |
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