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 sawmills 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 is located in Alabama
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Manistee
Manistee is located in the United States
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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 code251
GNIS feature ID156652[1]

Notable person

Notes
  1. "Manistee, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  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. Shields, Charles J. (April 8, 2014). I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee - Charles J. Shields - Google Books. ISBN 9781466867529. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  4. "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  5. "HERLONG, Albert Sydney, Jr. - Biographical Information". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved July 19, 2014.


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