Caffee Junction, Alabama

Caffee Junction, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Caffee Junction, Alabama
Caffee Junction, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°13′43″N 87°08′16″W / 33.22861°N 87.13778°W / 33.22861; -87.13778Coordinates: 33°13′43″N 87°08′16″W / 33.22861°N 87.13778°W / 33.22861; -87.13778
Country United States
State Alabama
County Tuscaloosa
Elevation 653 ft (199 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 205
GNIS feature ID 158836[1]

Caffee Junction, also known as Coffey Junction, Greeley, Martaban, and Rickey, is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. Caffee Junction is located along U.S. Route 11, 4.1 miles (6.6 km) north-northeast of Woodstock.

History

The community was originally known as Greeley for the Horace Greeley school located there.[2] A post office operated under the name Rickey from 1902 to 1904, and under the name Greeley from 1904 to 1929.[3] The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company operated an iron ore mine in Caffee Junction.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Caffee Junction". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 65. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ↑ "Tuscaloosa County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Statistics of the Mineral Production of Alabama for 1915. Geological Survey of Alabama. 1917. p. 2.


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