Coal Valley, Alabama

Coal Valley, also known as Cormick, is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States.

Coal Valley, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Coal Valley is located in Alabama
Coal Valley
Coal Valley
Coal Valley is located in the United States
Coal Valley
Coal Valley
Coordinates: 33°44′24″N 87°25′05″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyWalker
Elevation
367 ft (112 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID116306[1]

History

Coal Valley is named for the abundance of coal in the surrounding area.[2] Coal mines were opened in Coal Valley after the completion of the Georgia Pacific Railway.[3] The Coal Valley mines played a role in the 1920 Alabama coal strike.[4] A post office operated under the name Cormick from 1890 to 1891 and under the name Coal Valley from 1891 to 1951.[5]

Notes
  1. "Coal Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. Armes, Ethel (1972). The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama. Birmingham: The Book-Keepers Press. p. 502.
  4. Brian Kelly (2001). Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21. University of Illinois Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-252-06933-8.
  5. "Walker County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 30, 2015.


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