Stewart, Alabama

Stewart, also known as Stewart's Station, is an unincorporated community in Hale County, Alabama, United States.

Stewart, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Stewart is located in Alabama
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart is located in the United States
Stewart
Stewart
Coordinates: 32°54′40″N 87°42′22″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyHale
Elevation
135 ft (41 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID153571[1]

History

Stewart was founded in 1844 as a stop on the Alabama Great Southern Railroad. It was first called Stewart's Station, in honor of an early settler of the area, Charlie Stewart.[2] A post office operated under the name Stewart's Station from 1871 to 1903, and under the name Stewart from 1903 to 1982.[3]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
188041—
1890255522.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

Stewart's Station was listed on the 1880 & 1890 U.S. Censuses, having briefly been an incorporated community. It was no longer listed as a town beginning in 1900, except for the county precinct #16 that also bore its name from 1900 to 1950.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stewart
  2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. "Hale County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  4. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2013.


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